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Peeblesshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Peeblesshire was a Scottish county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1708 until 1868. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system. Creation The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Peeblesshire. Boundaries The name relates the constituency to the county of Peebles. Article XII of the Union with Scotland Act 1706 (Act settling the Manner of electing the Representatives of Scotland), provided that one representative should be chosen for every shire and steuartry (except for some shires which were to take turns). History 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. This arrangement was continued by the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peebles And Selkirk (UK Parliament Constituency)
Peebles and Selkirk was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1868 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system. Boundaries The name relates the constituency to the counties of Peebles and Selkirk. From 1708 to 1868 the counties had been covered, at least nominally, by the Peeblesshire and Selkirkshire Selkirkshire or the County of Selkirk ( gd, Siorrachd Shalcraig) is a historic county and registration county of Scotland. It borders Peeblesshire to the west, Midlothian to the north, Roxburghshire to the east, and Dumfriesshire to the south. ... constituencies. When the Peebles and Selkirk constituency was abolished in 1918, the Peebles and Southern Midlothian and Roxburgh and Selkirk constituencies were created. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 1860s Elections in the 1870s Elections in the 1880s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1708 British General Election
The 1708 British general election was the first general election to be held after the Acts of Union had united the Parliaments of England and Scotland. The election saw the Whigs finally gain a majority in the House of Commons, and by November the Whig-dominated parliament had succeeded in pressuring the Queen into accepting the Junto into the government for the first time since the late 1690s. The Whigs were unable to take full control of the government, however, owing to the continued presence of the moderate Tory Godolphin in the cabinet and the opposition of the Queen. Contests were held in 95 of the 269 English and Welsh constituencies and 28 of the 45 Scottish constituencies. Summary of the constituencies See 1796 British general election for details. The constituencies used were the same throughout the existence of the Parliament of Great Britain. Dates of election The first general election held since the Union took place between 30 April 1708 and 7 July 1708. At thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Hay (died 1775)
Adam Hay (after 1684 – 15 November 1775) was a Scottish officer in the British Army and a politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1767 and 1775. He was the second surviving of John Hay of Haystoun, sheriff-depute of Peebles. His first marriage was to a Miss Britland of Nottingham. His second wife was Caroline Lucy Harpur, the daughter of Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet and brother of Sir Henry Harpur, 6th Baronet. He was the Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ... (MP) for Peeblesshire from 1767 to 1768, and from June 1775 until his death in November that year. He was buried on 25 November 1775 at Calke, Derbyshire, the home of his second wife Caroline Lucy Harpur References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hay, Adam Year of birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dickson (MP)
John Dickson may refer to: Politicians * John Dickson (MP), British Member of Parliament for Peeblesshire * John Dickson (New York politician) (1783–1852), U.S. Representative from New York *John Dickson (Australian politician), politician in colonial New South Wales * John Dickson (diplomat) (1847–1906), a member of the British Levant Consular Service Sportsmen * John Dickson (footballer) (1949–1998), Scottish footballer * John Dickson (basketball) (born 1945), former ABA basketball player Arts and entertainment * John Dickson (American poet) (1916–2009) *John Dickson (New Zealand poet) (1944–2017) *John Dickson, film and television composer, see '' Burn Notice'' Others * John Dickson, Lord Hartree, Scottish judge * John Dickson (minister) 17th century minister from Rutherglen. Scots Worthy and prisoner on the Bass Rock *John Dickson (priest) Archdeacon of Down, 1796–1814 *John Dickson (railway contractor) (c. 1819–1892) *John Dickson (author), Australian Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1747 British General Election
The 1747 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw Henry Pelham's Whig government increase its majority and the Tories continue their decline. By 1747, thirty years of Whig oligarchy and systematic corruption had weakened party ties substantially; despite that Walpole, the main reason for the split that led to the creation of the Patriot Whig faction, had resigned, there were still almost as many Whigs in opposition to the ministry as there were Tories, and the real struggle for power was between various feuding factions of Whig aristocrats rather than between the old parties. The Tories had effectively become an irrelevant group of country gentlemen who had resigned themselves to permanent opposition. Summary of the constituencies See 1796 British general election for details. The constituen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1741 British General Election
The 1741 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw support for the government party increase in the quasi-democratic constituencies which were decided by popular vote, but the Whigs lost control of a number of rotten and pocket boroughs, partly as a result of the influence of the Prince of Wales, and were consequently re-elected with the barest of majorities in the Commons, Walpole's supporters only narrowly outnumbering his opponents. Partly as a result of the election, and also due to the crisis created by naval defeats in the war with Spain, Walpole was finally forced out of office on 11 February 1742, after his government was defeated in a motion of no confidence concerning a supposedly rigged by-election. His supporters were then able to reconcile partially with the Patriot Whigs to form a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir James Naesmyth, 2nd Baronet
Sir James Nasmyth, 2nd Baronet ( – 4 February 1779), also known as Naesmyth, of Dawyck and Posso, Peebleshire, was a Scottish botanist and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1732 and 1741. Early life Nasmyth was the eldest son of Sir James Nasmyth, 1st Baronet, lawyer of Dawyck and Posso and his wife Barbara Pringle, daughter of Andrew Pringle of Clifton, Roxburgh. He succeeded to the baronetcy when his father died in 1720. He married Jean Keith, daughter of Thomas Keith. Career At the 1727 general election, Nasmyth contested Peeblesshire, a seat with about 20 voters which was controlled by the Earls of March. He lodged a petition after he was defeated by the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) John Douglas, claiming that the Sheriff of Peebles had been biased. The petition was rejected. When Douglas died in 1731, Nasmyth contested the seat again at the resulting by-election on 28 April 1732, against the former MP Sir Alexander Murray, Bt. By this time t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Douglas Of Broughton
Hon. John Douglas of Broughton (''c.'' 1698 – 16 March 1732) of Broughton, Peebles, was a Scottish politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1722 to 1732. Douglas was the second son of William Douglas, 1st Earl of March and his wife Lady Jane Hay, second daughter of John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale. In 1719, he purchased the estate of Broughton. Douglas was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Peebleshire at the 1722 British general election on the interest of his brother, the 2nd Earl of March. He was returned after a contest at the 1727 British general election The 1727 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was trigg .... He consistently voted with the Administration. Following the death of his brother William, 2nd Earl of March, in 1731, John Douglas was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1722 British General Election
The 1722 British general election elected members to serve in the House of Commons of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain. This was the fifth such election since the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Thanks to the Septennial Act of 1715, which swept away the maximum three-year life of a parliament created by the Meeting of Parliament Act 1694, it followed some seven years after the previous election, that of 1715. The election was fiercely fought, with contests taking place in more than half of the constituencies, which was unusual for the time. Despite the level of public involvement, however, with the Whigs having consolidated their control over virtually every branch of government, Walpole's party commanded almost a monopoly of electoral patronage, and was therefore able to increase its majority in Parliament even as its popular support fell. In the midst of the election, word came from France of a Jacobite plot aimed at an imminent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Murray (died 1755)
Alexander Murray may refer to: Public figures Scotland *Earl of Dunmore ** Alexander Murray, 6th Earl of Dunmore (1804–1845) ** Alexander Murray, 8th Earl of Dunmore (1872–1962), Scottish soldier, politician and Victoria Cross recipient *Lord Elibank ** Alexander Murray, 4th Lord Elibank (1677–1736) ** Alexander Murray, 7th Lord Elibank (1747–1820), Scottish peer ** Alexander Murray, 8th Lord Elibank (1780–1830) ** Alexander Oliphant-Murray, 9th Lord Elibank (1804–1871) * Alexander Murray of Drumdewan (died 1599), Scottish soldier * Alexander Murray of Elibank (1712–1778), Scottish Jacobite, fourth son of Alexander Murray, 4th Lord Elibank * Alexander Murray, 1st Baron Murray of Elibank (1870–1920), Scottish nobleman and Liberal politician * Alexander Murray (knight), Lord of Culbin and Newton * Alexander Murray, Lord Henderland (1736–1795), Scottish judge and politician * Sir Alexander Murray, 3rd Baronet (died 1743), Scottish politician, MP for Peeblesshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1715 British General Election
The 1715 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the 1707 merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. In October 1714, soon after George I had arrived in London after ascending to the throne, he dismissed the Tory cabinet and replaced it with one almost entirely composed of Whigs, as they were responsible for securing his succession. The election of 1715 saw the Whigs win an overwhelming majority in the House of Commons, and afterwards virtually all Tories in central or local government were purged, leading to a period of Whig ascendancy lasting almost fifty years during which Tories were almost entirely excluded from office. The Whigs then moved to impeach Robert Harley, the former Tory first minister. After he was imprisoned in the Tower of London for two years, the case ultimately ended with his acquittal in 1717. Constituencies See 1796 British general electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1713 British General Election
The 1713 British general election produced further gains for the governing Tory party. Since 1710 Robert Harley had led a government appointed after the downfall of the Whig Junto, attempting to pursue a moderate and non-controversial policy, but had increasingly struggled to deal with the extreme Tory backbenchers who were frustrated by the lack of support for anti-dissenter legislation. The government remained popular with the electorate, however, having helped to end the War of the Spanish Succession and agreeing on the Treaty of Utrecht. The Tories consequently made further gains against the Whigs, making Harley's job even more difficult. Contests were held in 94 constituencies in England and Wales, some 35 per cent of the total, reflecting a decline in partisan tension and the Whigs' belief that they were unlikely to win anyway. Summary of the constituencies See 1796 British general election for details. The constituencies used were the same throughout the existence of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
