Campbeltown was a
royal burgh
A royal burgh () was a type of Scottish burgh which had been founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter. Although abolished by law in 1975, the term is still used by many former royal burghs.
Most royal burghs were either created by ...
that elected one
Commissioner to the
Estates of Scotland
The Parliament of Scotland ( sco, Pairlament o Scotland; gd, Pàrlamaid na h-Alba) was the legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland from the 13th century until 1707. The parliament evolved during the early 13th century from the king's council of ...
between 1700 and 1707.
Campbeltown in
Kintyre
Kintyre ( gd, Cinn Tìre, ) is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the southwest of Argyll and Bute. The peninsula stretches about , from the Mull of Kintyre in the south to East and West Loch Tarbert in the north. The region immediately nor ...
was erected a royal burgh by charter of
King William II on 19 April 1700, at the request of
the Earl of Argyll.
The first and only Commissioner for the burgh was
Mr Charles Campbell, who took his seat on 2 November 1700. He was Lord Argyll's brother, and represented the burgh from 1700 to 1702 and in the last Parliament from 1703 to 1707.
Following the
Act of Union 1707, Campbeltown was represented in the
Parliament of Great Britain as part of the
Ayr district of burghs.
List of burgh commissioners
* 1700–02, 1702–07: Charles Campbell
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See also
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References
Burghs represented in the Parliament of Scotland (to 1707)
Politics of Argyll and Bute
History of Argyll and Bute
1700 establishments in Scotland
Kintyre
Campbeltown
Constituencies established in 1700
Constituencies disestablished in 1707
1707 disestablishments in Scotland
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