Haddington Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Haddington Burghs
Former District of Burghs constituency for the House of Commons
Major settlements	Haddington, Dunbar, North Berwick, Lauder, Jedburgh
1708–1885
Seats	one
Created from	Dunbar, Haddington, Jedburgh, Lauder, Dunbar
Replaced by	Berwickshire, Haddingtonshire, Roxburghshire

Haddington Burghs was a Scottish district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain (at Westminster) from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (also at Westminster) from 1801 until 1885. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the Haddingtonshire burghs of Haddington, Dunbar, and North Berwick, the Berwickshire burgh of Lauder, and the Roxburghshire burgh of Jedburgh.

In 1885, Haddington, Dunbar, and North Berwick were merged into the county constituency of Haddingtonshire, Lauder was merged into the county constituency of Berwickshire, and Jedburgh was merged into the county constituency of Roxburghshire.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1708	Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1722	Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1734	James Fall
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1742	Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1747	Andrew Fletcher
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1761	Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1768	Patrick Warrender
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1774	John Maitland
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1780	Francis Charteris
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1787	William Fullarton
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1790	Thomas Maitland
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1796	Robert Baird
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1802	Thomas Maitland
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1805	Sir John Hamilton-Dalrymple, 5th Baronet
style="background-color: Template:Whig Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1806	Henry Erskine	Whig
style="background-color: Template:Whig Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1806	William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne	Whig
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1807	Sir George Warrender, 4th Baronet
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1812	Thomas Maitland
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1813	Anthony Maitland
style="background-color: Template:Whig Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1818	Dudley North	Whig
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1820	Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton, 4th Baronet
style="background-color: Template:Tory Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1826	Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet	Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tory Party (UK)/meta/color" |	May 1831	Robert Steuart	Tory (Unseated on petition)
style="background-color: Template:Tory Party (UK)/meta/color" |	August 1831	Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet	Tory
style="background-color: Template:Whig Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1832	Robert Steuart	Whig
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1841	James Maitland Balfour	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1847	Sir Henry Ferguson Davie	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1878	Lord William Hay	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1879	Sir David Wedderburn, 3rd Baronet	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1882	Alexander Craig Sellar	Liberal

Election results

General Election 1868: Haddington Burghs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Sir Henry Ferguson Davie	unopposed

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)