Roxburghshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain

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 (at Westminster

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) from 1708 to 1801, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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 (also at Westminster) from 1801 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

Boundaries

The name relates the constituency to the county

Counties of Scotland

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 of Roxburgh.

When the constituency was abolished in 1918, the Roxburgh and Selkirk

Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)

Roxburgh and Selkirk was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1955. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post voting system.- Boundaries :...

 constituency was created, covering the counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk

Member of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1708	Sir Gilbert Eliott
	1715	William Douglas
	1722	Sir Gilbert Eliot
	1726	Sir Gilbert Eliott
	1727	William Douglas
	1734	John Rutherfurd
	1742	William Douglas
	1747	Walter Scott
	1765	Sir Gilbert Elliot Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet The Rt. Hon. Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet of Minto was born at Minto, Roxburghshire, and was a Scottish statesman, philosopher and poet.-Early life and education:...
	1777	Sir Gilbert Elliot Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto PC , known as Sir Gilbert Elliott between 1777 and 1797 and as The Lord Minto between 1797 and 1813, was a Scottish politician diplomat....
	1784	Sir George Douglas
	1806	John Rutherford
	1812	Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto GCB, PC , styled as Viscount Melgund between 1813 and 1814, was a British diplomat and Whig politician.-Background and education:...
	1814	Sir Alexander Don
	1826	Henry Francis Hepburne-Scott Henry Hepburne-Scott, 7th Lord Polwarth Henry Francis Hepburne-Scott, 7th Lord Polwarth was firstly a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Roxburghshire, 1826–32, then a Representative Peer for Scotland in the House of Lords at Westminster...
	1832	George Elliot George Elliot (1784–1863) Admiral Sir George Elliot, KCB , was a Royal Navy officer who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and the First Opium War....
	1835	Lord John Douglas-Montagu-Scott
	1837	John Edmund Elliot
	1841	Francis Scott Francis Scott (MP) Francis Scott was a British politician.Scott was the youngest son of Hugh Scott, 6th Lord Polwarth. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he read for the bar at the Middle Temple. He was MP for Roxburghshire from 1841 to 1847, and for Berwickshire from 1847 to 1859...
	1847	John Edmund Elliot
	1859	Sir William Scott, Bt Sir William Scott, 6th Baronet Sir William Scott, 6th baronet was a Scottish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1859 to 1870....
	1870	The Marquess of Bowmont James Innes-Ker, 7th Duke of Roxburghe James Henry Robert Innes-Ker, 7th Duke of Roxburghe , became Duke of Roxburghe on the death of his father, James Henry Robert Innes-Ker, 6th Duke of Roxburghe, his mother was Susanna Dalbiac....
	1874	Sir George Scott-Douglas
	1880	Arthur Elliot Arthur Elliot (politician) The Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound , known as Arthur Elliot, was a British journalist and Liberal Unionist politician.-Background and education:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1886		Liberal Unionist Liberal Unionist Party The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party. Led by Lord Hartington and Joseph Chamberlain, the party formed a political alliance with the Conservative Party in opposition to Irish Home Rule...
	1892	Mark Francis Napier	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1895	The Earl of Dalkeith	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1906	John Jardine Sir John Jardine, 1st Baronet Sir John Jardine, 1st Baronet was Liberal MP for Roxburghshire from 1906 to 1918. He had previously contested the seat in 1900.- References :...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...		constituency abolished

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