Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Ayrshire County constituency |
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| Created: | 1708 |
| Abolished: | 1868 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Ayrshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1868, when it was divided into North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire.
[edit] Boundaries
The Ayrshire constituency represented the county of Ayrshire, minus the parliamentary burghs of Ayr and Irvine, which were components of the Ayr Burghs constituency.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1708 Francis Montgomerie
- 1710 John Montgomerie
- 1727 James Campbell
- 1741 Patrick Crauford
- 1754 James Mure-Campbell, later Earl of Loudoun
- 1761 Archibald Montgomerie, later Earl of Eglinton
- 1768 David Kennedy, later Earl of Cassillis
- 1774 Sir Adam Fergusson
- 1780 Hugh Montgomerie, later Earl of Eglinton
- 1781 Sir Adam Fergusson
- 1784 Hugh Montgomerie, later Earl of Eglinton
- 1789 William MacDowall
- 1790 Sir Adam Fergusson
- 1796 Hugh Montgomerie, later Earl of Eglinton
- 1796 William Fullarton
- 1803 Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton
- 1807 David Boyle
- 1811 Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton
- 1818 James Montgomerie
- 1829 William Blair
- 1832 Richard Alexander Oswald
- 1835 John Dunlop
- 1839 James Boyle, Viscount Kelburn, later Earl of Glasgow
- 1843 Alexander Oswald
- 1852 James Hunter Blair
- 1854 Sir James Fergusson
- 1857 Lord Patrick James Herbert Crichton-Stuart
- 1859 Sir James Fergusson
