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Parliament of Scotland constituency
Wick in
Caithness 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, Wick,
Dingwall,
Dornoch,
Kirkwall and
Tain formed the
Tain
district of burghs, returning one member between them to the
House of Commons of Great Britain.
List of burgh commissioners
- 1661: William McBaith, merchant-burgess
[1]
- 1665 convention, 1667 convention, 1669–74: no representation
- 1678 convention, 1681–82, 1685–86: Alexander Manson, merchant, bailie
[2]
- 1690–1701: Sir Archibald Sinclair
[3]
[4]
- 1702–07: Robert Fraser
[5]
See also
References
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^ Foster, p. 223.
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^ Foster, p. 241.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 592.
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^
G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, vol. III (1903)
p. 351.
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^ Foster, p. 144.