UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 4 August 1818

Died: 30 June 1914

Baron Elcho - 28 June 1853

6th Earl of March - 1 January 1883

10th Earl of Wemyss - 1 January 1883

1 January 1853

7 March 1855

5 July 1841	Eastern Gloucestershire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
February 1846 Resignation of Hon Francis Charteris-Douglas.
7 August 1847	Haddingtonshire	Conservative Party	271	66.58
31 July 1852	Haddingtonshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
1 January 1853 Resignation of Hon Francis Wemyss-Charteris-Douglas on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury.
11 January 1853	Haddingtonshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
30 March 1857	Haddingtonshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
2 May 1859	Haddingtonshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
19 July 1865	Haddingtonshire	Conservative Party	285	64.19
26 November 1868	Haddingtonshire	Conservative Party	405	54.36
4 February 1874	Haddingtonshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
April 1880	Haddingtonshire	Conservative Party	469	52.46
1 January 1883 Succession of Baron Elcho to the Peerage - 10th Earl of Wemyss and 6th Earl of March.