Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)
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Kinross-shire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Subdivisions of Scotland | Kinross-shire |
1708–1832 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire |
Created from | Kinross-shire |
Kinross-shire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 until 1800, and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.
The constituency
Kinross-shire was Scotland's second-smallest county, and was paired as an alternating constituency with neighbouring Clackmannanshire. The freeholders of Kinross-shire elected one Member of Parliament to one Parliament, while those of Clackmannanshire elected a Member to the next.
Abolition
The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832 abolished the alternating constituencies. Kinross-shire was merged with Clackmannanshire into the single constituency of Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire, electing one Member between them to each Parliament.
Members of Parliament
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 D. W. Hayton, Kinross-shire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715 (2002).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Paula Watson, Kinross-shire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754 (1970).
- ↑ Paula Watson, HOPE, John (c.1684-1766), of Culdraines. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754 (1970).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Edith, Lady Haden-Guest, Kinross-shire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790 (1964).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 R. G. Thorne, Kinross-shire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
- ↑ R. G. Thorne, MACLEAN CLEPHANE, William Douglas (1759-1803), of Kirkness, Kinross. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
- ↑ R. G. Thorne, CLEPHANE, David (b.c.1760), of Kirkness, Kinross. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
- ↑ J. W. Anderson, GRAHAM, Thomas II (1752-1819), of Kinross House, Kinross. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Margaret Escott, Kinross-shire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 (2009).