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Banffshire
Single Member Scottish County
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
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Background Information
Number of voters:
122 in 1788
Elections
| Date | Candidate |
|---|---|
| 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’.1
Author: J. A. Cannon
Notes
- 1. Pol. State of Scotland, 50.
