Haddington Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Haddington Burghs
Former District of Burghs constituency for the House of Commons
Major settlements	Haddington, Dunbar, North Berwick, Lauder, Jedburgh
1708–1885
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Berwickshire, Haddingtonshire, Roxburghshire
Created from	Dunbar, Haddington, Jedburgh, Lauder, Dunbar

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.

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the Haddingtonshire burghs of Haddington, Dunbar, and North Berwick, the Berwickshire burgh of Lauder, and the Roxburghshire burgh of Jedburgh.

In 1885, Haddington, Dunbar, and North Berwick were merged into the county constituency of Haddingtonshire, Lauder was merged into the county constituency of Berwickshire, and Jedburgh was merged into the county constituency of Roxburghshire.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1708	Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
	1722	Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet
	1734	James Fall
	1742	Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet
	1747	Andrew Fletcher
	1761	Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet
	1768	Patrick Warrender
	1774	John Maitland
	1780	Francis Charteris
	1787	William Fullarton
	1790	Thomas Maitland
	1796	Robert Baird
	1802	Thomas Maitland
	1805	Sir John Hamilton-Dalrymple, 5th Baronet
	1806	Henry Erskine	Whig
	1806	William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne	Whig
	1807	Sir George Warrender, 4th Baronet
	1812	Thomas Maitland
	1813	Anthony Maitland
	1818	Dudley North	Whig
	1820	Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton, 4th Baronet
	1826	Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet	Tory
	May 1831	Robert Steuart	Tory (Unseated on petition)
	August 1831	Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet	Tory
	1832	Robert Steuart	Whig
	1841	James Maitland Balfour	Conservative
	1847	Sir Henry Ferguson Davie	Liberal
	1878	Lord William Hay	Liberal
	1879	Sir David Wedderburn, 3rd Baronet	Liberal
	1882	Alexander Craig Sellar	Liberal

Election results

General Election 1868: Haddington Burghs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Sir Henry Ferguson Davie	unopposed

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)