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Constituency of the Old Parliament of Scotland
Kilrenny in
Fife 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 , Kilrenny,
Anstruther Easter ,
Anstruther Wester ,
Crail and
Pittenweem formed the
Anstruther Easter
district of burghs , returning one member between them to the
House of Commons of Great Britain .
List of burgh commissioners
1669–72: Captain Gideon Murray, merchant-burgess
[1]
1672: Kilrenny renounced rights to representation but later allowed to continue
1689 convention, 1689–93:
George Bethune (or Beaton), younger son of the 12th laird of Balfour and a trader in the burgh, expelled 1693 for absence after refusing oath of allegiance.
[2]
1693–1701: Alexander Stevenson
[2]
1702–07: James Bethune, eldest son of the 14th laird of Balfour, voted against the union.
[3]
See also
References
^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2 . p. 580.
^
a
b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2 . p. 587,594.
^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2 . p. 600.