Before the

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, the

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of the shire of Clackmannan elected

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s to represent them in the unicameral

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and in the

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. After 1708,

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and

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alternated in returning one member to the

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and later to the

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List of shire commissioners

* 1617: Robert Bruce, laird of Clackmannan * 1639-1641: Sir Thomas Hope of KerseFoster
p. 188
* 1639-1640: Sir Alexander Shaw of Sauchie; elected to serve in Hope's absence as necessary * 1644 (convention): — Stewart, laird of

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* 1644: Sir Charles Erskine of BandeathFoster
p. 125
* 1648: Robert Meldrum of Tillibody * 1649-1650: Sir Charles Erskine of Bandeath * 1650-1651: Sir Andrew Rollo, laird of DuncrubFoster
p. 297
* During

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, Linlithgowshire, Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire jointly returned one member to the Commonwealth Parliament. ** 1654-1655: Thomas Read ** 1656-1658: Godfrey Rodes ** 1659-1660:

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* 1661-1663: Sir Henry Bruce of ClackmannanFoster
p. 39
* 1665 (convention): Sir Charles Erskine of Alva and CambuskennethFoster
p. 126
G. E. C., ''The Complete Baronetage'', volume IV (1904
pp. 250–251
* 1667 (convention): Sir Henry Bruce of Clackmannan * 1667 (convention): Sir Charles Erskine of Alva and Cambuskenneth * 1669-1674: Sir Henry Bruce of Clackmannan * 1678 (convention): David Bruce of ClackmannanFoster
p. 38
* 1681-1682: Sir William Sharp of Tullibodie * 1685-1686: David Bruce of Clackmannan * 1689 (convention): David Bruce of Clackmannan * 1689: David Bruce of Clackmannan (seat declared vacant 28 April 1693 as he had not signed the assurance; vacant again 21 May 1700 as he had not signed the

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) * 1700-1702: Sir John Erskine of Alva * 1703-1707: Alexander Abercromby of TullibodyFoster
p. 2

References

Joseph Foster, ''Members of Parliament, Scotland'', 1882. {{Authority control Constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland (to 1707) Politics of Clackmannanshire Constituencies disestablished in 1707 1707 disestablishments in Scotland