Scottish Constituencies and MPs


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Ayrshire (County of Ayr), 27 May 1708 - 24 November 1868

County constituency

Date MP Party
27 May 1708 Francis Montgomerie
3 November 1710 John Montgomerie Whig
7 September 1727 James Campbell Whig
29 May 1741 Patrick Crauford Opposition Whig
9 May 1754 James Mure-Campbell, later Earl of Loudoun
28 April 1761 Archibald Montgomerie, later Earl of Eglinton
16 April 1768 David Kennedy, later Earl of Cassilis
13 October 1774 Sir Adam Fergusson
18 October 1780 Hugh Montgomerie, later Earl of Eglinton
2 April 1781 Sir Adam Fergusson
20 April 1784 Hugh Montgomerie, later Earl of Eglinton
3 August 1789 William McDowall
19 July 1790 Sir Adam Ferguson
17 June 1796 Hugh Montgomerie, later Earl of Eglinton
30 November 1796 William Fukkarton
5 April 1803 Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton
5 June 1807 David Boyle
22 March 1811 Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton
6 July 1818 James Montgomerie
13 May 1829 William Blair
27 December 1832 Richard Alexander Oswald of Auchencruive Liberal
3 July 1835 Sir John Dunlop of Dunlop Bt Liberal
1 May 1839 James Boyle, Viscount Kelburne, later 5 th Earl of Glasgow Conservative
3 August 1843 Alexander Oswald of Auchencruive Liberal
22 July 1852 Colonel James Hunter Blair, Younger of Blairquhan Conservative
30 December 1854 Sir James Fergusson Bt of Kilkerran Conservative
4 April 1857 Lord Patrick James Herbert Crichton-Stuart Liberal
31 October 1859 Sir James Fergusson Bt of Kilkerran Conservative

The Ayrshire (County of Ayr) constituency was split into Ayrshire Northern and Ayrshire Southern in 1868.



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