Background Information
Number of voters: 122 in 1788
Number of seats
1
Constituency business
County
| Date | Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 10 May 1754 | JAMES DUFF | |
| 28 Apr. 1761 | JAMES DUFF, Visct. Macduff | |
| 31 Mar. 1768 | JAMES DUFF, Earl Fife | |
| 20 Oct. 1774 | JAMES DUFF, Earl Fife | |
| 4 Oct. 1780 | JAMES DUFF, Earl Fife | |
| 8 Apr. 1784 | SIR JAMES DUFF | |
| 22 Jan. 1789 | JAMES FERGUSON OF PITFOUR vice Duff, vacated his seat |
Main Article
The Duffs of Braco had by far the greatest interest in Banffshire, and carried every election in this period. Only the Gordon family could have offered a serious challenge. William Adam wrote in 1788 that ‘these two families (and indeed the Earl of Fife singly) overshadow all the small and independent proprietors’.1Pol. State of Scotland, 50.
Volume
Notes
- 1. Pol. State of Scotland, 50.