Wigtown Burghs (UK Parliament Constituency) - Members of Parliament

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
26 May 1708 George Lockhart
14 December 1708 William Cochrane
17 September 1713 Sir Alexander Maxwell, Bt
17 February 1715 Sir Patrick Vanse
13 April 1722 William Dalrymple (1678-1744)
16 March 1728 John Dalrymple
18 May 1734 James Stewart 1st term
28 May 1741 William Stewart (c 1706-1748)
22 July 1747 James Stewart 2nd term
9 May 1754 John Hamilton 1st term
20 April 1761 Hon. Archibald Montgomerie, later 11th Earl of Eglinton
19 February 1762 Hon. Keith Stewart
15 April 1762 John Hamilton 2nd term
11 April 1768 George Augustus Selwyn
23 December 1768 Chauncy Townsend
7 May 1770 William Stewart (1737-1797)
31 October 1774 William Norton, later 2nd Lord Grantley
23 March 1775 Sir Henry Watkin Dashwood, Bt
2 October 1780 William Adam
26 April 1784 William Dalrymple (1736-1807)
12 July 1790 Nisbet Balfour
20 June 1796 John Spalding
29 July 1803 Hon. William Stewart (1774–1827)
9 August 1805 James Graham
24 November 1806 Hon. Edward Richard Stewart
27 February 1809 Lyndon Evelyn Tory
30 October 1812 Hon. James Henry Keith Stewart Tory
21 March 1821 Sir John Osborn, Bt Tory
4 March 1824 Nicholas Conyngham Tindal Tory
3 July 1826 John Henry Lowther Tory
23 May 1831 Edward Stewart Whig then Liberal
19 January 1835 Sir John McTaggart, Bt Liberal
1 April 1857 Sir William Dunbar, Bt Liberal
15 April 1865 George Young Liberal
15 June 1874 Mark John Stewart (Conservative) 1st term Conservative
8 April 1880 John McLaren (Liberal) Liberal
20 May 1880 Mark John Stewart (Conservative) 2nd term Conservative
2 August 1880 Rt Hon. Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Bt Conservative

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