Cromartyshire and Nairnshire were alternating constituencies of the House of Commons of Great Britain

House of Commons of Great Britain

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 from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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 from 1801 to 1832. In 1832, the Cromartyshire constituency was merged with Ross-shire

Ross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)

Ross-shire was a county 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 to 1832...

 to form Ross and Cromarty

Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)

Ross and Cromarty was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1983. The constituency elected one Member of Parliament using the first-past-the-post voting system....

, and the Nairnshire constituency was merged with Elginshire

Elginshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Elginshire, in Scotland, was a county constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...

 to form Elginshire and Nairnshire

Elginshire and Nairnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Elginshire and Nairnshire was a county constituency in Scotland. From 1832 to 1918, it returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.- Boundaries :...

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One of the alternating constituencies elected a Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 to one parliament, the other to the next.

Member of Parliament

Cromartyshire and Nairnshire

Election		Member	Party
	1708	Hugh Rose senior
	1710	Sir Kenneth Mackenzie Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, 3rd Baronet Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, 3rd Baronet was a British baronet and politician.The younger son of Sir George Mackenzie, 2nd Baronet, his father resigned the baronetcy to him in 1704 after being created Earl of Cromartie....
	1713	John Forbes
	1715	Alexander Urquhart
	1722	John Forbes
	1727	Sir Kenneth Mackenzie Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, 3rd Baronet Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, 3rd Baronet was a British baronet and politician.The younger son of Sir George Mackenzie, 2nd Baronet, his father resigned the baronetcy to him in 1704 after being created Earl of Cromartie....
	1729	Sir George Mackenzie, 4th Baronet
	1734	John Campbell John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll General John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll KT PC was a Scottish Whig politician in the 17th and 18th centuries.He was born to John Campbell, the third son of Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, and Elizabeth Elphinstone, daughter of John Elphinstone, 8th Lord Elphinstone... , later Duke of Argyll
	1735	Alexander Brodie
	1741	Sir William Gordon, 1st Baronet
	1742	Sir John Gordon, 2nd Baronet
	1747	John Campbell John Campbell of Cawdor John Campbell of Cawdor , was a British politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, Inverness Burghs and Corfe Castle.He was also the Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.-References:...
	1754	Sir John Gordon, 2nd Baronet
	1761	Pryse Campbell
	1768	William Pulteney (Cromartyshire MP)
	1774	Cosmo Gordon
	1777	John Campbell John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor John Campbell of Cawdor, 1st Baron Cawdor of Castlemartin was the son of Pryse Campbell and Sarah Bacon.He married Lady Isabella Caroline Howard, daughter of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle and Lady Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower, on 28 July 1789... , later Baron Cawdor Earl Cawdor Earl Cawdor, of Castlemartin in the County of Pembroke, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1827 for John Campbell, 2nd Baron Cawdor...
	1780	George Ross
	1784	Alexander Campbell
	1785	Alexander Brodie
	1790	Duncan Davidson
	1796	Henry Frederick Campbell
	1802	Alexander Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie-Fraser Lieutenant General Alexander Mackenzie-Fraser was a British General. He was known as Mackenzie until he took additional name of Fraser in 1803.- Family and early life :...
	1806	Henry Frederick Campbell
	1807	Robert Bruce Aeneas Macleod
	1812	Hugh Rose junior
	1813	Sir James Mackintosh James Mackintosh Sir James Mackintosh was a Scottish jurist, politician and historian. His studies and sympathies embraced many interests. He was trained as a doctor and barrister, and worked also as a journalist, judge, administrator, professor, philosopher and politician.-Early life:Mackintosh was born at...
	1818	Roderick Macleod Roderick Macleod (of Cadboll) Roderick Macleod of Cadboll was a Scottish Whig politician.He was the Member of Parliament for Cromartyshire and Nairnshire from 1818 to 1820, and for Sutherland from 1831 until he stood down from the House of Commons at the 1837 general election.He was also Lord Lieutenant of Cromarty.- External...
	1820	George Pryse Campbell
	1826	Duncan Davidson
	1830	George Pryse Campbell
	1831	Duncan Davidson

See also

• Former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies