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Encyclopedia > Caithness (UK Parliament constituency)

Buteshire and Caithness were constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1918. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ...


From 1708 to 1832 they were paired as alternating constituencies: one of the constituencies elected a Member of Parliament to one parliament, the other to the next. Details of this period are given below. The Elections and Parties Series Democracy Representative democracy History of democracy Referenda Liberal democracy Representation Voting Voting systems Ideology Elections Elections by country Elections by calender Electoral systems Politics Politics by country Political campaigns Political science Political philosophy Related topics Political parties Parties by country Parties by name Parties by... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...


From 1832 to 1918 they were quite separate constituencies, and details of this period are covered in separate articles: Buteshire 1832 - 1918 and Caithness 1832 - 1918. Buteshire was a separate constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1918. ... Caithness was a separate constituency the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918. ...


Members of Parliament

1708 Dugald Stewart


1710 John Montgomerie


1710 James Dunbar


1713 John Campbell (Buteshire MP), later Duke of Argyll Sir John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll (c. ...


1715 Sir Robert Gordon


1722 Patrick Campbell


1727 Patrick Dunbar


1734 Patrick Campbell


1741 Alexander Brodie


1747 John Stuart-Mackenzie


1754 John Scott


1761 James Stuart


1762 Henry Wauchope


1768 Kenneth Mackenzie, Viscount Fortrose, later Earl of Seaforth


1774 James Stuart


1780 John Sinclair


1784 James Stuart


1790 Sir John Sinclair Sir John Sinclair (May 10, 1754 - December 21, 1835) Scottish writer on finance and agriculture and statistician. ...


1796 Frederick Stuart


1802 Sir John Sinclair


1806 James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie


1807 Sir John Sinclair


1811 George Sinclair


1812 John Marjoribanks


1818 George Sinclair


1820 Lord Patrick James Herbert Crichton-Stuart


1826 James Sinclair


1830 Sir William Rae


1831 George Sinclair


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