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Constituency of the Old Parliament of Scotland
Lanark 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, Lanark,
Linlithgow,
Peebles and
Selkirk formed the
Lanark
district of burghs, returning one member between them to the
House of Commons of Great Britain.
List of burgh commissioners
- 1661–63, 1665 convention, 1667 convention, 1669–74: Patrick Bissett, bailie
[1]
- 1678 convention: Thomas Stoddart
[2]
- 1681–82: William Wilkie, commissar, bailie
[3]
- 1685: James Weir, merchant
[4]
- 1686: James Hair
[4]
- 1689 convention, 1689–1702: Thomas Hamilton, bailie
[5]
- 1702–07: William Carmichaell, advocate
[6]
See also
References
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 574,576,578,580.
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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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a
b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 587.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 587,590,595.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 601.