| Selkirkshire | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1708 |
| Abolished: | 1868 |
| Type: | County |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Region: | Scotland |
| County: | Selkirkshire |
Selkirkshire was a Scottish county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1868, when it was combined with Peeblesshire to form Peebles and Selkirk.
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Selkirkshire.
The constituency covered the whole county of Selkirkshire except for the county town of Selkirk which was represented separately as part of the Lanark Burghs constituency until 1832 when it was combined with Selkirkshire.
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished for the 1868 general election.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] It was combined with Peeblesshire to form Peebles and Selkirk.
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1708 | John Pringle I | appointed Lord of Session in 1729, as Lord Haining | |||
| James Rutherford | |||||
| 1734 | John Murray | Previously MP for Lanark Burghs 1725–34. Hereditary Sheriff of Selkirk 1708–34. | |||
| 1753 by-election | Gilbert Elliot | ||||
| 1765 by-election | John Pringle II | second son of Lord Haining | |||
| 1786 by-election | Mark Pringle | ||||
| 1802 | John Rutherfurd | ||||
| 1806 | William Eliott-Lockhart | Tory[6] | |||
| 1830 | Alexander Pringle | Tory[7] [8] | |||
| 1832 | Robert Pringle | Whig | |||
| 1835 | Alexander Pringle | Conservative | |||
| 1846 by-election | Allan Eliott-Lockhart | Conservative | |||
| 1861 by-election | The Lord Henry Montagu-Douglas-Scott | Conservative | Later 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu. MP for South Hampshire 1868–84. | ||
| 1868 | constituency abolished. See Peebles and Selkirk | ||||
Pringle was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Pringle resigned after being appointed Clerk of Sasines, causing a by-election.
Eliott-Lockhart resigned, causing a by-election.