Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency) explained

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.

Creation

Kinross-shire was Scotland's second-smallest county. The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Kinross-shire. Kinross-shire was paired as an alternating constituency with neighbouring Clackmannanshire. The freeholders of Kinross-shire elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to one Parliament, while those of Clackmannanshire elected a Member to the next.

The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished for the 1832 general election.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] 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.

Election	Member	Notes	Ref
1708	none
16 October 1710	Mungo Graham	Graham's election was overturned on petition and Malcolm replaced him.	^[6]
10 February 1711	Sir John Malcolm, 1st Baronet
1713	none
28 February 1715	William Douglas		^[7]
1722	none
9 November 1727	John Hope (succeeded as Sir John Bruce Hope, 7th Baronet, in 1729)		^[8]
1734	none
21 May 1741	Sir John Bruce Hope, 7th Baronet
1747	none
25 April 1754	Robert Colvile		^[9]
1761	none
5 April 1768	Robert Adam
1774	none
30 September 1780	George Graham
1784	none
6 July 1790	George Graham		^[10]
1796	none
2 August 1802	William Douglas Maclean Clephane	Appointed Commissioner at Trinidad, April 1803.	^[11]
23 August 1803	David Clephane
1806	none
16 May 1807	William Adam	Chose to sit for Kincardineshire.
17 August 1807	David Clephane	Appointed a Commissioner of the Excise for Scotland, March 1811.	^[12]
25 June 1811	Thomas Graham
1812	none
6 July 1818	Thomas Graham	Died 28 July 1819.	^[13]
16 September 1819	George Edward Graham
1820	none
28 June 1826	George Edward Graham		^[14]
1830	none
20 May 1831	Charles Adam

Web site: Kinross-shire . History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). 9 June 2019 .
Web site: Kinross-shire. History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). 9 June 2019 .
Web site: Kinross-shire. History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). 9 June 2019 .
Web site: Kinross-shire. History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). 9 June 2019 .
Web site: Kinross-shire. History of Parliament Online (1820-1832). 9 June 2019 .
D. W. Hayton, Kinross-shire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715 (2002).
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).
Edith, Lady Haden-Guest, Kinross-shire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790 (1964).
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).
Margaret Escott, Kinross-shire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 (2009).