Haddington Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
Encyclopedia
Haddington Burghs was a 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.
burgh
s 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
.
House of Commons of Great Britain
The House of Commons of Great Britain was the lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain between 1707 and 1801. In 1707, as a result of the Acts of Union of that year, it replaced the House of Commons of England and the third estate of the Parliament of Scotland, as one of the most significant...
(at Westminster
Palace of Westminster
The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, is the meeting place of the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom—the House of Lords and the House of Commons...
) 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
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Boundaries
The constituency consisted of the HaddingtonshireEast Lothian
East Lothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy Area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Midlothian. Its administrative centre is Haddington, although its largest town is Musselburgh....
burgh
Burgh
A burgh was an autonomous corporate entity in Scotland and Northern England, usually a town. This type of administrative division existed from the 12th century, when King David I created the first royal burghs. Burgh status was broadly analogous to borough status, found in the rest of the United...
s of Haddington
Haddington, East Lothian
The Royal Burgh of Haddington is a town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is the main administrative, cultural and geographical centre for East Lothian, which was known officially as Haddingtonshire before 1921. It lies about east of Edinburgh. The name Haddington is Anglo-Saxon, dating from the 6th...
, Dunbar
Dunbar
Dunbar is a town in East Lothian on the southeast coast of Scotland, approximately 28 miles east of Edinburgh and 28 miles from the English Border at Berwick-upon-Tweed....
, and North Berwick
North Berwick
The Royal Burgh of North Berwick is a seaside town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is situated on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, approximately 25 miles east of Edinburgh. North Berwick became a fashionable holiday resort in the 19th century because of its two sandy bays, the East Bay and the...
, the Berwickshire
Berwickshire
Berwickshire or the County of Berwick is a registration county, a committee area of the Scottish Borders Council, and a lieutenancy area of Scotland, on the border with England. The town after which it is named—Berwick-upon-Tweed—was lost by Scotland to England in 1482...
burgh of Lauder
Lauder
The Royal Burgh of Lauder is a town in the Scottish Borders 27 miles south east of Edinburgh. It is also a royal burgh in the county of Berwickshire. It lies on the edge of the Lammermuir Hills, on the Southern Upland Way.-Medieval history:...
, and the Roxburghshire
Roxburghshire
Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh is a registration county of Scotland. It borders Dumfries to the west, Selkirk to the north-west, and Berwick to the north. To the south-east it borders Cumbria and Northumberland in England.It was named after the Royal Burgh of Roxburgh...
burgh of Jedburgh
Jedburgh
Jedburgh is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and historically in Roxburghshire.-Location:Jedburgh lies on the Jed Water, a tributary of the River Teviot, it is only ten miles from the border with England and is dominated by the substantial ruins of Jedburgh Abbey...
.
In 1885, Haddington, Dunbar, and North Berwick were merged into the county constituency of Haddingtonshire
Haddingtonshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Haddingtonshire was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1918.-Boundaries:...
, Lauder was merged into the county constituency of Berwickshire
Berwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Berwickshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1918, when it was amalgamated with neighbouring Haddington to form a new Berwick and Haddington constituency...
, and Jedburgh was merged into the county constituency of Roxburghshire
Roxburghshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Roxburghshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918...
.
Members of Parliament
- 1708 Sir David Dalrymple, 1st BaronetSir David Dalrymple, 1st BaronetSir David Dalrymple of Hailes, 1st Baronet was a Scottish and British politician, Lord Advocate of Scotland, and eventually Auditor of the Exchequer in Scotland....
- 1722 Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd BaronetSir James Dalrymple, 2nd BaronetSir John Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet MP for Haddington BurghsPrincipal Auditor of the Exchequer in Scotland.Son of Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet...
- 1734 James FallJames FallCaptain James Fall , MP for Haddington Burghs , in Scotland. One of four brothers who built a mercantile empire centred on Dunbar, he was apprenticed to an Edinburgh merchant becoming Burgess and Guild brother there in 1675. As MP he would probably be equally as well described as representing the...
- 1742 Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd BaronetSir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd BaronetSir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet MP for Haddington Burghs 1742-1747 and 1761-1768 and Haddingtonshire 1747-1761.Son of Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick...
- 1747 Andrew Fletcher
- 1761 Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd BaronetSir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd BaronetSir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet MP for Haddington Burghs 1742-1747 and 1761-1768 and Haddingtonshire 1747-1761.Son of Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick...
- 1768 Patrick WarrenderPatrick WarrenderSir Patrick Warrender of Lochend, 3rd Baronet was a Scottish soldier and politician.He was a younger son of Sir John Warrender, 2nd Baronet and his wife Henrietta Johnston, daughter of Sir Patrick Johnston. In 1772, he succeeded his father as baronet. Warrender served with the Royal Horse Guards...
- 1774 John Maitland
- 1780 Francis Charteris
- 1787 William FullartonWilliam FullartonWilliam Fullarton was a Scottish colonial administrator and Member of Parliament.-Early life:He was only son of William Fullarton of Fullarton, a wealthy Ayrshire gentleman. After spending some time at the Edinburgh University he was sent to travel on the continent with Patrick Brydone, at one...
- 1790 Thomas Maitland
- 1796 Robert Baird
- 1802 Thomas Maitland
- 1805 Sir John Hamilton-Dalrymple, 5th BaronetSir John Hamilton-Dalrymple, 5th BaronetSir John Hamilton-Dalrymple, 5th Baronet MP for Haddington 1805-1806...
- 1806 Henry Erskine
- 1806 William Lamb, 2nd Viscount MelbourneWilliam Lamb, 2nd Viscount MelbourneWilliam Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC, FRS was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary and Prime Minister . He is best known for his intense and successful mentoring of Queen Victoria, at ages 18-21, in the ways of politics...
- 1807 Sir George Warrender, 4th BaronetSir George Warrender, 4th BaronetSir George Warrender of Lochend, 4th Baronet PC, FRS was a Scottish politician. In 1799, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy. Due to his lifestyle, he was nicknamed Sir Gorge Provender....
- 1812 Thomas Maitland
- 1813 Anthony Maitland
- 1818 Dudley NorthDudley Long NorthDudley Long North was an English Whig politician.-Early life:Baptised Dudley Long at Saxmundham, Suffolk, he was the younger of two sons of Charles Long , landowner, of Hurts Hall, Suffolk, and his wife, Mary, daughter and coheir of Dudley North of Little Glemham, Suffolk, and granddaughter of Sir...
- 1820 Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton, 4th BaronetSir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton, 4th BaronetSir Hew Dalrymple Hamilton, 4th Baronet was a British politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Haddingtonshire 1795-1800, Ayrshire 1803-1807 and 1811-1818 and Haddington Burghs 1820-1826.He was the son of Sir Hew Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet....
- 1826 Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, 2nd BaronetSir Adolphus Dalrymple, 2nd BaronetSir Adolphus John Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of High Mark was a British army officer and politician. -Early life:...
- 1831 Robert Steuart
- 1831 Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, 2nd BaronetSir Adolphus Dalrymple, 2nd BaronetSir Adolphus John Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of High Mark was a British army officer and politician. -Early life:...
- 1832 Robert Steuart
- 1841 James Maitland BalfourJames Maitland BalfourJames Maitland Balfour , of Whittinghame, Berwickshire, was a Scottish Member of Parliament. He was the father of Prime Minister Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour....
- 1847 Sir Henry Ferguson Davie, LiberalLiberal Party (UK)The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
- 1878 Lord William Hay
- 1879 Sir David Wedderburn, 3rd BaronetSir David Wedderburn, 3rd BaronetSir David Wedderburn, 3rd Baronet was a British politician.The eldest son of Sir John Wedderburn, 2nd Baronet, he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated as senior optime in 1858...
- 1882 Alexander Craig SellarAlexander Craig SellarAlexander Craig Sellar was a Scottish lawyer and Liberal politician.Sellar was the son of Patrick Sellar of Westfield, Morayshire and his wife Ann Craig of Barmakelty, Moray. He was educated at Rugby School, and at Balliol College, Oxford where he was a favoured student of Benjamin Jowett...