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Constituency of the Old Parliament of Scotland in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Ayr was a
royal burgh that returned one
commissioner to the
Parliament of Scotland and to the
Convention of Estates.
After the
Acts of Union 1707, Ayr,
Campbeltown,
Inveraray,
Irvine and
Rothesay formed the
Ayr
district of burghs, returning one member between them to the
House of Commons of Great Britain.
List of burgh commissioners
- 1567, 1575, 1578, 1579: John Lockhart of
Barr
[1]
- 1604, 1605, 1607, 1609, 1612: John Lockhart of Barr
[1]
- 1644: John Osbourn
[2]
- 1645–47, 1648, 1649: John Kennedy
[3]
- 1649, 1650–51: Hew Kennedy
[3]
- 1661–63, 1665 convention, 1667 convention, 1669–74: William Cunningham, provost
[4]
- 1678 convention: Robert Doock, provost
[5]
- 1681–82: James Boyll, provost
[6]
- 1685–86: Robert Hunter, provost
[7]
- 1689 (convention), 1689–1702, 1703–07: John Moore, provost
[8]
References
- ^
a
b
Joseph Foster, Members of Parliament, Scotland (1882)
p. 218.
-
^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 564.
- ^
a
b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 564,568.
-
^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. pp. 575, 577, 579.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 582.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 584.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 586.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. pp. 589, 598.
See also