Clackmannanshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Clackmannanshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Clackmannanshire
1708–1832
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire
Created from	Clackmannanshire

Clackmannanshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 until 1800, and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.

The constituency

Clackmannanshire was Scotland's smallest county. The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Clackmannanshire. Clackmannanshire was paired as an alternating constituency with neighbouring Kinross-shire. The freeholders of Clackmannanshire elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to one Parliament, while those of Kinross-shire elected a Member to the next. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Abolition

The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832 abolished the alternating constituencies. Clackmannanshire was merged with Kinross-shire into the single constituency of Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire, electing one Member between them to each Parliament.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Notes	Ref
16 June 1708	William Dalrymple		[6]
1710	none
18 September 1713	Sir John Erskine, 3rd Baronet		[6]
1715	none
19 April 1722	Sir John Shaw, 3rd Baronet		[7]
1727	none
10 May 1734	James Erskine		[7]
1741	none
25 July 1747	Thomas Erskine		[7]
1754	none
10 April 1761	James Abercromby		[8]
1768	none
3 November 1774	Ralph Abercromby		[8]
1780	none
10 April 1784	Charles Allan Cathcart	Died 10 June 1788.	[8] [9]
29 November 1788	Burnet Abercromby		[8]
1790	none
21 June 1796	Sir Ralph Abercromby	Appointed Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, 8 February 1798.	[10]
26 February 1798	Sir Robert Abercromby		[10]
1802	none
18 November 1806	George Abercromby		[10]
1807	none
22 October 1812	George Abercromby	Appointed Escheator of Munster, July 1815.	[10]
7 August 1815	Sir John Abercromby	Died 14 February 1817.	[10] [11]
11 April 1817	Alexander Abercromby		[10]
1818	none
27 March 1820	Robert Bruce	Appointed Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, 13 July 1824.	[12]
13 July 1824	George Ralph Abercromby		[12]
1826	none
10 August 1830	George Ralph Abercromby		[12]
1831	none

References

1. "Clackmannanshire". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
2. "Clackmannanshire". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
3. "Clackmannanshire". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
4. "Clackmannanshire". History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
5. "Clackmannanshire". History of Parliament Online (1820-1832). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
6. D. W. Hayton, Clackmannanshire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715 (2002).
7. J. M. Simpson, Clackmannanshire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754 (1970).
8. Edith, Lady Haden-Guest, Clackmannanshire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790 (1964).
9. Edith, Lady Haden-Guest, CATHCART, Hon. Charles Allan (1759-88), of Sauchie, Clackmannan. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790 (1964).
10. R. G. Thorne, Clackmannanshire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
11. R. G. Thorne, ABERCROMBY, Sir John (1772-1817), of Tullibody, Clackmannan. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
12. David R. Fisher, Clackmannanshire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 (2009).