Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the sheriffdom of

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(also called "Edinburgh principal" to distinguish it from " Edinburgh within the constabulary of Haddington", and now known as Midlothian) elected commissioners to represent them in the

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and in the

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. The number of commissioners was increased from two to four in 1690. After the Union,

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returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of Great Britain and later to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

List of shire commissioners

* 1594: James Foulis of

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Foster, p. 143.

Sources

* ''Return of Members of Parliament'' (1878), Part II. * Joseph Foster, ''Members of Parliament, Scotland'' (1882). * The

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List of shire commissioners

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