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'Edinburgh' was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1885. Originally a single member constituency, representation was increased to two members in 1832. It was abolished in 1885, being split into Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh East and Edinburgh West.

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Members of Parliament

See also

Members of Parliament

★ 1708 Sir Samuel MacClellan

★ 1709 Sir Patrick Johnston

★ 1713 Sir James Stewart

★ 1715 Sir George Warrender

★ 1721 John Campbell

★ 1734 Patrick Lindsay

★ 1741 Archibald Stewart

★ 1747 James Ker

★ 1754 William Alexander

★ 1761 George Lind

★ 1762 James Coutts

★ 1768 Sir Lawrence Dundas

★ 1780 William Miller

★ 1781 Sir Lawrence Dundas

★ 1781 James Hunter-Blair

★ 1784 Sir Adam Fergusson

★ 1790 Henry Dundas, later Viscount Melville

★ 1803 Charles Hope

★ 1805 George Abercromby

★ 1806 Sir Patrick Murray

★ 1812 William Dundas

★ 1831 Robert Adam Dundas
REPRESENTATION INCREASED TO TWO MEMBERS 1832

★ 1832 Francis Jeffrey

★ 1832 James Abercromby, later Baron Dunfermline (to 1839)

★ 1834 Sir John Campbell, later Baron Campbell (to 1841)

★ 1839 Thomas Babington Macaulay, later Baron Macaulay (to 1847)

★ 1841 Sir William Gibson Craig (to 1852)

★ 1847 Charles Cowan (to 1859)

★ 1852 Thomas Babington Macaulay, later Baron Macaulay

★ 1856 Adam Black (to 1865)

★ 1859 James Moncreiff, later Baron Moncreiff (to 1868)

★ 1865 Duncan McLaren (to 1881)

★ 1868 John Miller

★ 1874 James Cowan (to 1882)

★ 1881 John McLaren

★ 1881 Thomas Ryburn Buchanan (to 1885)

★ 1882 Samuel Danks Waddy

See also

★ Politics of Edinburgh