Lochmaben in
Dumfriesshire was a
royal burgh that returned one
commissioner
A commissioner (commonly abbreviated as Comm'r) is, in principle, a member of a commission or an individual who has been given a commission (official charge or authority to do something).
In practice, the title of commissioner has evolved to in ...
to the
Parliament of Scotland and to the
Convention of Estates
The Convention of Estates of Scotland was a sister institution to the Scottish Parliament which sat from the early sixteenth century. Initially it was only attended by the clergy and nobles, but the burgh commissioners were later added. The Conven ...
.
After the
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 te ...
, Lochmaben,
Annan,
Dumfries
Dumfries ( ; sco, Dumfries; from gd, Dùn Phris ) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is located near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth about by road from the ...
,
Kirkcudbright and
Sanquhar formed the
Dumfries
Dumfries ( ; sco, Dumfries; from gd, Dùn Phris ) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is located near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth about by road from the ...
district of burghs, returning one member between them to the
House of Commons of Great Britain
The House of Commons of Great Britain was the lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain between 1707 and 1801. In 1707, as a result of the Acts of Union of that year, it replaced the House of Commons of England and the third estate of th ...
.
List of burgh commissioners
* 1661–63, 1665 convention, 1667 convention, 1669–74, 1678 convention, 1681–82: John Johnston of Elshieshields, provost
* 1685–86, 1689 convention, 1689–1690: Thomas Kennedy of Hallethes (died c.1694)
* 1695–1702: William Menzies, Edinburgh merchant
[
* 1702–07: John Carruthers of Denbie ]
See also
* List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union
References
Constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland (to 1707)
Constituencies disestablished in 1707
1707 disestablishments in Scotland
History of Dumfries and Galloway
Politics of Dumfries and Galloway
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