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1879 Haddington Burghs by-election
The
Haddington Burghs
by-election
of
1879
was fought on
25 February
1879. The
byelection
was fought due to the
succession
to a
peerage
of the
incumbent
Liberal
MP
,
William Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale
. It was won by the Liberal
candidate
Sir David Wedderburn
.