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Constituency of the Parliament of Scotland
Glasgow in
Lanarkshire 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, Glasgow,
Dumbarton,
Renfrew and
Rutherglen formed the
Glasgow
district of burghs, returning one member between them to the
House of Commons of Great Britain.
List of burgh commissioners
- 1630 (convention): Gabriel Cunningham,
provost
[1]
- 1639–1641: Patrick Bell, provost
[2]
- 1643–44, 1644: James Bell
[3]
- 1645: Colin Campbell of Elie
[4]
- 1645–1647, 1649–51: George Porterfield
[5]
- 1661–1663: John Bell, provost
[6]
- 1665 (convention), 1667 (convention), 1669–1674: William Anderson, provost
[7]
- 1678 (convention): James Campbell,
provost
[8]
- 1681–1682: John Bell, provost
[9]
- 1685–86: John Johnston of Clauchrie,
provost
[10]
- 1689 (convention), 1689–1702: John Anderson of Dowhill, merchant-burgess
[11]
- 1702–1707: Hugh Montgomerie of Busbie, provost
[12]
References
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 557.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 560.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 563,566.
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^ G. Harvey Johnston, The Heraldry of the Campbells, vol. II (1921)
p. 29.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. pp. 566, 570.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 574.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 576,578,580.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 583.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 585.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 587.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 595.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 601.
See also