Scottish Constituencies and MPs


saltire shield'Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned on earth.'
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Lion Rampant

Argyllshire, 10 June 1708 - 9 June 1983

County constituency

Date MP Party
10 June 1708 Sir James Campbell Whig
27 April 1736 Charles Campbell Whig
5 February 1742 James Stuart-Mackenzie Whig
1 August 1747 Sir Duncan Campbell Whig
20 May 1754 Dugald Campbell
17 January 1764 Lord William Campbell
12 December 1766 Robert Campbell
20 February 1772 Adam Livingston
9 October 1780 Lord Frederick Campbell
3 October 1799 Lord John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell, later Duke of Argyll
14 March 1822 Walter Frederick Campbell (b 1799)
21 December 1832 James Henry Callander of Ardkinglass Liberal
13 January 1835 Walter Frederick Campbell (b 1799) Liberal
9 July 1841 Alexander Cameron Campbell of Monzie Independent
8 September 1843 Rt Hon Duncan McNeill of Colonsay Conservative
6 June 1851 Sir Archibald Islay Campbell Bt Conservative
3 April 1857 Alexander Struthers Finlay of Castle Toward Liberal
3 March 1868 John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Marquis of Lorne, later Duke of Argyll Liberal
31 August 1878 Lord Colin Campbell Liberal
2 December 1885 Donald Horne Macfarlane (b 1830) Independent Liberal / Crofter
16 July 1886 John Wingfield Malcolm, later Lord Malcolm Conservative
July 1892 Sir Donald Horne Macfarlane (b 1830) Liberal / Crofter
24 July 1895 Donald Ninian Nicol Conservative
26 August 1903 (by) John Stirling Ainsworth Liberal
14 December 1918 Sir William Sutherland Liberal
29 October 1924 Frederick Alexander Macquisten Conservative
10 April 1940 (by) Sir Duncan McCallum Conservative

In 1950 the constituency was renamed Argyll.


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