Background Information

Number of voters: 24 in 1761, 37 in 1788

Number of seats
1
Constituency business
County
Date Candidate Votes
9 May 1754 JOHN DICKSON
1 May 1761 JOHN DICKSON
31 Dec. 1767 ADAM HAY vice Dickson, deceased
31 Mar. 1768 JAMES MONTGOMERY
27 Oct. 1774 JAMES MONTGOMERY
17 June 1775 ADAM HAY vice Montgomery, appointed to office
14 Dec. 1775 SIR ROBERT MURRAY KEITH vice Hay, deceased
28 Sept. 1780 ALEXANDER MURRAY OF MURRAYFIELD
20 Mar. 1783 ALEXANDER MURRAY OF BLACKBARONY, vice Alexander Murray of Murrayfield, appointed to office
3 May 1784 DAVID MURRAY
Main Article

The principal interest in Peeblesshire belonged to the Earl of March (who in 1778 succeeded his cousin as Duke of Queensberry). There was no contest during this period, and the Members were all from established county families.

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