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. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
In 1832, it was combined with Nairnshire and was added to form Elginshire and Nairnshire, which was in turn reconstituted in 1918 as Moray and Nairn, with the incorporation of the burghs of Elgin, Nairn and Forres which had previously been part of Inverness Burghs and Elgin Burghs.
Creation The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Elgin & Forresshire .
Members of Parliament YearMemberParty1708 Robert Urquhart 1710 Alexander Grant 1720 James Brodie 1720 Alexander Brodie 1741 Sir Ludovick Grant 1761 James Grant 1768 Francis Grant 1774 Arthur Duff 1779 Lord William Gordon 1784 James Duff, Earl of Fife Pittite1790 Ludovick Grant, later Earl of Seafield 1796 James Brodie 1807 Francis Ogilvy-Grant, later Earl of Seafield Tory1832 Constituency merged with Nairnshire
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