Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Elgin and Forres (later called Moray) elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral

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and in the Convention of the Estates. From

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Elginshire Moray; ( gd, Moireibh ) or Morayshire, called Elginshire until 1919, is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland, bordering Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south, and Banffshire to the east. It ...

was represented by one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of shire commissioners

* 1612: Robert Innes of that Ilk Joseph Foster, ''Members of Parliament, Scotland'' (1882
p. 192
* 1639–41, 1648: Sir Robert Innes, 1st Baronet''Complete Baronetage'', vol. II
p. 281
* 1649: Sir Ludovic Gordon, 2nd Baronet''Complete Baronetage'', vol. II
p. 278
* 1661–63: Thomas McKenzie of Plascarden * 1661–63, 1678 convention: Sir Robert Innes, 2nd Baronet''Members of Parliament, Scotland''
p. 193
* 1665 convention: Sir Robert Innes of Muirtoun * 1665 convention, 1667 convention: Patrick Dunbar of Belnaferie * 1669–70: Sir Robert Dunbar of Grangehill * 1669–70: Sir Alexander Douglas of Spynie * 1678 convention: Sir Robert Innes, the elder, of that Ilk * 1681–82: Ludovick Grant of Freuquhie * 1681–82: Sir Thomas Dunbar of Grange * 1685–86: Sir Alexander Innes, 1st Baronet * 1685–86: James Calder of Muirton * 1689 convention, 1689–1702, 1702–1704: James Brodie of that Ilk * 1689 convention, 1689–1693: Thomas Dunbar of Grange * 1696:

Sir Robert Gordon, 3rd Baronet Sir Robert Gordon, 3rd Baronet (1647–1704) was a Scottish courtier and politician. Life Born 7 March 1647, was the eldest son of Sir Ludovick Gordon, 2nd Baronet of Gordonstoun in Drainie, Elginshire, by his first wife Elizabeth, daughter and ...

* 1698–1702, 1702: Alexander Dunbar of Westfield (sheriff) (died c1702) * 1703–05: Robert Dunbar of Grangehill (died c.1705) * 1704–07: Sir Harry Innes, 4th Baronet

List of shire commissioners

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