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Banffshire (; , ) is a former county, and a Lieutenancy area of Scotland. The County of Banff is a Scottish registration county.
Banffshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800, and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.
The constituency covered the county of Banffshire, Scotland, but until 1918 the county town of Banff and the burgh of Cullen were represented as part of Elgin Burghs.
In 1983 it was split and merged into Moray and Banff and Buchan.
Banffshire was a constituency represented in the Parliament of Scotland until 1707.
Usage examples of "banffshire".
I met when I was in Banffshire for the summer, just before I took the despatches to India.
Andrew, son of Sir Andrew de Moray, had led one in Moray, Boharm in Banffshire and Avoch in the Black Isle.
During 1297 several risings had occurred, Andrew, son of Sir Andrew de Moray, had led one in Moray, Boharm in Banffshire and Avoch in the Black Isle.
Alexander Stephens, in Banffshire, at the age of one hundred and eight.
Gordon Bennett was born at New Mill, Keith, in Banffshire, on the northeastern coast of Scotland, about the year 1800.
Cairngorm or Cairngorum, one of the peaks of the Grampian Mountains in Banffshire, Scotland.