Allan Eliott-Lockhart Explained

Allan Eliott-Lockhart
Office:Member of Parliament
for Selkirkshire
Term Start:12 February 1846
Term End:1 August 1861
Predecessor:Alexander Pringle
Successor:Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu
Birth Date:24 January 1803
Nationality:British
Party:Conservative

Allan Eliott-Lockhart (24 January 1803 – 15 March 1878)[1] was a British Conservative politician.

Eliott-Lockhart was elected Conservative MP for Selkirkshire at a by-election in 1846—caused by the resignation of Alexander Pringle who had been appointed Clerk of Sasines—and held the seat until 1861, when he resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "S" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 14 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180914215309/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons2.htm . 14 September 2018 . 13 June 2017 . usurped . dmy-all .
  2. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. e-book . 604 .