UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 11 July 1837

Died: 22 January 1905

Baron Kinross - 1899

1st Baron Kinross - 15 July 1902

Member of Privy Council - 1883

husband of Hon Marianne Eliza Moncrieff

husband of Lilias Oswald Mackenzie

Edinburgh Academy

Edinburgh University

Solicitor General for Scotland	1880	1881
Lord Advocate	August 1881	July 1885
Lord Advocate	5 February 1886	August 1886
Lord Advocate	August 1892	July 1895
Lord Justice General of Scotland	1899	1905

9 April 1880	Northern Ayrshire	Liberal Party	1,581	49.15
29 November 1880	Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire	Liberal Party	Unopposed
25 November 1885	Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire	Liberal Party	Unopposed
5 February 1886 Appointment of Rt Hon John Balfour as Lord Advocate.
13 February 1886	Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire	Liberal Party	Unopposed
7 July 1886	Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire	Liberal Party	3,159	63.14
13 July 1892	Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire	Liberal Party	3,541	64.76
August 1892 Appointment of Rt Hon John Balfour as Lord Advocate.
25 August 1892	Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire	Liberal Party	Unopposed
27 July 1895	Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire	Liberal Party	3,133	54.81
1899 Resignation of Rt Hon John Balfour on appointment as Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session - Lord Kinross.