Selkirkshire was a Scottish county constituency represented in Great Britain and after 1801 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.
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 Selkirkshire.
Boundaries 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.
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.
It was combined with Peeblesshire to form Peebles and Selkirk.
Members of Parliament 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 1830 Alexander Pringle Tory 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
Election results Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
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.
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1860s Eliott-Lockhart resigned, causing a by-election.
References
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History of Parliament: constituencies