Background Information
Number of voters: about 50
Number of seats
1
Constituency business
County
| Date | Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 16 May 1754 | LORD CHARLES DOUGLAS | |
| 19 Dec. 1755 | JAMES VEITCH vice Douglas, become the eldest son of a peer of Scotland | |
| 16 Apr. 1761 | ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS | |
| 15 Apr. 1768 | ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS | |
| 27 Oct. 1774 | ROBERT LAURIE | |
| 28 Sept. 1780 | SIR ROBERT LAURIE | |
| 15 Apr. 1784 | SIR ROBERT LAURIE | |
| 12 May 1785 | LAURIE re-elected after appointment to office |
Main Article
In 1774 Robinson wrote that the Duke of Queensberry’s interest was ‘greatly superior to everything that can be brought in opposition to it’,1Laprade, 18. and William Adam in 1788 confirmed that Queensberry retained the ‘commanding interest’.2Pol. State of Scotland, 97 The only opposition came from an old Dumfriesshire family, the Johnstones of Westerhall, who in 1774 supported Alexander Fergusson of Craigdarroch against Robert Laurie.
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