Category: Members of Parliament, Haddington Burghs

Categories: East Lothian, Scotland | British Members of Parliament by Constituency | Constituencies of the Parliament of Great Britain | Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

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. The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland burgh constituencies of Haddington, Dunbar, Jedburgh, Lauder and North Berwick.

Sources:

  • Wikipedia entry for Haddington Burghs (UK Pariament constituency)

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Person Profiles (11)

- 10 Jun 1828
05 Jan 1820 Whittinghame, East Lothian, Scotland - 23 Feb 1856
31 Jan 1749 Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland - 20 Jan 1808
abt 1665 Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland - 03 Dec 1721
12 Mar 1712 North Berwick, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland - 24 Nov 1790
12 Jan 1754 Fullarton, Ayrshire, Scotland - 13 Feb 1808
27 Jan 1826 - 25 Nov 1911
15 Mar 1779 Westminster, Middlesex, England - 24 Nov 1848 photo
14 Mar 1748 Saxmundham, Suffolk, England - 21 Feb 1829
10 Jun 1785 Walthamstow, Essex, England - 22 Mar 1863 photo
10 Mar 1760 Haltoun House, Edinburgh, Scotland - 1824 photo




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