Aberdeen Burghs was a district of burghs constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...

 which was represented from 1708 to 1800 in the House of Commons

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 of the Parliament of Great Britain

Parliament of Great Britain

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, and from 1801 to 1832 in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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. It returned one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) by the first past the post

Plurality voting system

The plurality voting system is a single-winner voting system often used to elect executive officers or to elect members of a legislative assembly which is based on single-member constituencies...

 system until the seat was abolished for the 1832 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1832

-Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....

.

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the burgh of Aberdeen

Aberdeen

Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....

 in the County of Aberdeen

Aberdeenshire (historic)

Aberdeenshire or the County of Aberdeen is a registration county of Scotland. This area is also a lieutenancy area.Until 1975 Aberdeenshire was one of the counties of Scotland, governed by a county council from 1890...

, the burgh of Inverbervie

Inverbervie

Inverbervie is a small town on the north-east coast of Scotland, south of Stonehaven, in the Aberdeenshire council area.The Inverbervie name derives from Inbhir Beirbhe, meaning Mouth of the River Bervie in Scottish Gaelic.-History:...

 in the County of Kincardine

Kincardineshire

The County of Kincardine, also known as Kincardineshire or The Mearns was a local government county on the coast of northeast Scotland...

, and the burghs of Arbroath

Arbroath

Arbroath or Aberbrothock is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus in Scotland, and has a population of 22,785...

, Brechin

Brechin

Brechin is a former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Traditionally Brechin is often described as a city because of its cathedral and its status as the seat of a pre-Reformation Roman Catholic diocese , but that status has not been officially recognised in the modern era...

 and Montrose

Montrose, Angus

Montrose is a coastal resort town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. It is situated 38 miles north of Dundee between the mouths of the North and South Esk rivers...

 in the County of Forfar.

History

In 1832 the constituency was divided between the new constituencies of Aberdeen

Aberdeen (UK Parliament constituency)

Aberdeen was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1885. It was represented by one Member of Parliament , elected by the first past the post voting system.- 1832 to 1868 :...

 and Montrose Burghs. The Aberdeen constituency covered the burgh

Burgh

A burgh was an autonomous corporate entity in Scotland and Northern England, usually a town. This type of administrative division existed from the 12th century, when King David I created the first royal burghs. Burgh status was broadly analogous to borough status, found in the rest of the United...

 of Aberdeen, while Montrose Burghs covered the other burghs plus the burgh of Forfar

Forfar

Forfar is a parish, town and former royal burgh of approximately 13,500 people in Angus, located in the East Central Lowlands of Scotland. Forfar is the county town of Angus, which was officially known as Forfarshire from the 18th century until 1929, when the ancient name was reinstated, and...

, which was previously a component of the Perth Burghs

Perth Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Perth Burghs was a district of burghs 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 1832, representing a seat for one Member of Parliament - Boundaries :The constituency covered five burghs:...

 constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1708 British general election, 1708 The British general election, 1708 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 2nd Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...	John Gordon John Gordon (Aberdeen MP) John Gordon was a British politician and merchant. He was a Member of Parliament from 1708 to 1710.-Earlier life:...
	1710 British general election, 1710 The British general election, 1710 produced a landslide victory for the Tory party in the wake of the prosecution of Henry Sacheverell and the collapse of the previous Whig government lead by Godolphin and the Whig junto...	James Scott James Scott (1671-1732) James Scott was a Scottish politician. He was a Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland prior to the Union, and one of Scotland's first representatives sent to the new Parliament of Great Britain....
	1711	William Livingston William Livingston (British politician) William Livingston was a British politician.He was elected to Parliament as Member of Parliament for Aberdeen Burghs in a by-election on 8 February 1711. He remained the constituency's MP until the 1713 general election....
	1713 British general election, 1713 The British general election, 1713 produced further gains for the governing Tory party. Since 1710 Robert Harley had lead a government appointed after the downfall of the Whig junto, attempting to pursue a moderate and non-controversial policy, but had increasingly struggled to deal with the...	John Middleton John Middleton (1678-1739) John Middleton was a British politician. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1713 to 1739, although not continuously....
	February 1715 British general election, 1715 The British general election of 1715 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...	James Erskine
	July 1715	John Middleton John Middleton (1678-1739) John Middleton was a British politician. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1713 to 1739, although not continuously....
	April 1722 British general election, 1722 The British general election of 1722 elected members to serve in the House of Commons of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain. This event took place following the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was fiercely fought, with contests taking place...	William Kerr William Kerr (MP) William Kerr was a Scottish Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Great Britain.-References:...
	October 1722	John Middleton John Middleton (1678-1739) John Middleton was a British politician. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1713 to 1739, although not continuously....
	1739	John Maule John Maule (MP) John Maule was a Scottish Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons....
	1748	Charles Maitland Charles Maitland (MP) Charles Maitland was a Scottish politician.He was son of Hon Alexander Arbuthnot and Jean Maitland of Pitrichie. He died unmarried.-References:...
	1751	David Scott
	1767	Sir John Lindsay John Lindsay (admiral) Admiral Sir John Lindsay KB was a British naval officer of the 18th century, and the father of Dido Elizabeth Belle.-Family:...
	1768 British general election, 1768 The British general election, 1768 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...	Thomas Lyon
	1779	Adam Drummond Adam Drummond Adam Drummond , 11th of Lennoch and 4th of Megginch in Perthshire, was a Scottish merchant, banker and Member of Parliament.Drummond was the eldest son of John Drummond...
	1784 British general election, 1784 The British general election of 1784 resulted in William Pitt the Younger securing an overall majority of about 120 in the House of Commons of Great Britain, having previously had to survive in a House which was dominated by his opponents.-Background:...	Sir David Carnegie, Bt. Sir David Carnegie, 4th Baronet Sir David Carnegie of Pitcarrow, 4th Baronet was a Scottish politician and de jure 7th Earl of Southesk, 7th Baron Carnegie of Kinnaird and 7th Baron Carnegie, of Kinnaird and Leuchards.-Background:...
	1790 British general election, 1790 The British general election, 1790 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Political Situation:...	Alexander Callender
	1792	Alexander Allardyce Alexander Allardyce Alexander Allardyce , was a Scottish author.Allardyce was the son of James Allardyce, farmer, was born on 21 January 1846 at Tilly-minit, Gartly, parish of Rhynie, Aberdeenshire...
	Act of Union 1800 Act of Union 1800 The Acts of Union 1800 describe two complementary Acts, namely:* the Union with Ireland Act 1800 , an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, and...	Parliament of Great Britain Parliament of Great Britain The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland...  abolished, Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...  created
	1801 United Kingdom general election, 1801 The United Kingdom general election, 1801 was not an election as such, but the co-option of members to serve in the first Parliament to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...	Alexander Allardyce Alexander Allardyce Alexander Allardyce , was a Scottish author.Allardyce was the son of James Allardyce, farmer, was born on 21 January 1846 at Tilly-minit, Gartly, parish of Rhynie, Aberdeenshire...
	1802 by-election	James Farquhar
	1806 United Kingdom general election, 1806 The United Kingdom general election, 1806 was the election of members to the 3rd Parliament of the United Kingdom. This was the second general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....	John Ramsay
	1807 United Kingdom general election, 1807 The election to the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1807 was the third general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....	James Farquhar
	1818 United Kingdom general election, 1818 The 1818 general election of the United Kingdom saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats...	Joseph Hume Joseph Hume Joseph Hume FRS was a Scottish doctor and Radical MP, born in Montrose, Angus.-Medical career:He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and moved to India in 1797...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
	1830 United Kingdom general election, 1830 The 1830 United Kingdom general election, was triggered by the death of King George IV and produced the first parliament of the reign of his successor, William IV. Fought in the aftermath of the Swing Riots, it saw electoral reform become a major election issue...	Sir James Carnegie, 5th Baronet Sir James Carnegie, 5th Baronet Sir James Carnegie of Kinnaird and of Pitcarrow, 5th Baronet DL was a Scottish politician and de jure 8th Earl of Southesk, 8th Baron Carnegie of Kinnaird and 8th Baron Carnegie, of Kinnaird and Leuchards.-Background:...
	1831 United Kingdom general election, 1831 The 1831 general election in the United Kingdom saw a landslide win by supporters of electoral reform, which was the major election issue. As a result it was the last unreformed election, as the Parliament which resulted ensured the passage of the Reform Act 1832. Polling was held from 28 April to...	Horatio Ross Horatio Ross Horatio Ross was a celebrated sportsman and a pioneer amateur photographer.-Background and early life:Ross was born at Rossie Castle, near Montrose, Angus on 5 September 1801, the son of Hercules Ross, a rich landowner who had acquired a substantial fortune in Jamaica...
	1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....	Constituency abolished