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Perthshire (Parliament Of Scotland Constituency)
Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Perth elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates. The number of commissioners was increased from two to four in 1690. From 1708 Perthshire was represented by one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Great Britain. List of shire commissioners *1617-? George Auchinleck, Lord Balmanno * 1639–41: Sir John Moncreiff of Moncreiff * 1639–41: Thomas Ruthven of Frieland * 1643: Patrick Kinnaird of Inchstair * 1643: George Graeme of Invhbraikle * 1644–45: Laird of Gleneagles (Haldane) * 1644–45: Laird of Balhousie (Hay) * 1645–47: Laird of Frieland (Ruthven) * 1645–47: Lair of Aldie (Mercer) * 1648: Laird of Inchmertene (Ogilvie) * 1648: Laird of Balthayok (Blair) * 1649–51: Sir Thomas Ruthven * 1649–50: Sir John Brown * 1650–51: Laird of Ardblair (Blair) * 1661–63: Mungo Murray of Garth * 1661–63: Sir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acts Of Union 1707
The Acts of Union ( gd, Achd an Aonaidh) were two Acts of Parliament: the Union with Scotland Act 1706 passed by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act 1707 passed by the Parliament of Scotland. They put into effect the terms of the Treaty of Union that had been agreed on 22 July 1706, following negotiation between commissioners representing the parliaments of the two countries. By the two Acts, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotlandwhich at the time were separate states with separate legislatures, but with the same monarchwere, in the words of the Treaty, "United into One Kingdom by the Name of Great Britain". The two countries had shared a monarch since the Union of the Crowns in 1603, when King James VI of Scotland inherited the English throne from his double first cousin twice removed, Queen Elizabeth I. Although described as a Union of Crowns, and in spite of James's acknowledgement of his accession to a single Crown, England and Scotland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
