The following year a vacancy arose in the county seat of Haddingtonshire, where he was elected unopposed. He was re-elected without a contest in 1841, and stepped down at the 1847 general election.[3]
^Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 549. ISBN978-0-900178-26-9.