Argyllshire

County

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
Available from Boydell and Brewer

Background Information

Number of voters:

40-50

Elections

DateCandidate
23 Feb. 1715SIR JAMES CAMPBELL
19 Apr. 1722SIR JAMES CAMPBELL
20 Sept. 1727SIR JAMES CAMPBELL
30 May 1734SIR JAMES CAMPBELL
27 Apr. 1736CHARLES CAMPBELL vice Sir James Campbell, chose to sit for Stirlingshire
3 June 1741CHARLES CAMPBELL
5 Feb. 1742JAMES STUART MACKENZIE vice Campbell, deceased
1 Aug. 1747SIR DUNCAN CAMPBELL

Main Article

Argyllshire was dominated by the dukes of Argyll, its hereditary sheriffs, who returned members of the Campbell clan, except in 1742,when the 2nd Duke nominated his nephew, Stuart Mackenzie.

Author: J. M. Simpson

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