Before the

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, the

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s of the shire of Peebles elected

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s to represent them in the unicameral

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and in the Convention of the Estates. From

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was represented by one Member of Parliament in the

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List of shire commissioners

* 1608 and 1609: Sir John Murray of Blackbarony G. E. C., ''The Complete Baronetage'', vol. II (1902
p. 352
* 1617 and 1625:

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of Blackbarony * 1621–25: Sir John Stewart of

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* 1628–33: John Hay of Smithfield, Esquire of the Body * 1628–33: 1630 convention: James Naismith of Posso * 1630 convention, 1643, 1644–45, 1648: Laird of Dawick (Veitch) * 1639–41: Sir Alexander Murray of Blackbarony''Complete Baronetage'', vol. II
p. 353
* 1639–41, 1644–45: David Murray of Stanehopes * 1643: Sir James Hay of Smithfield * 1645, 1648: Laird of Prestongrange (Morison) * 1649-50:

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, Senator of College of Justice * 1649–51: Sir James Murray of Skirling * 1661–63, 1665 convention, 1667 convention: Sir William Murray of Stanhope and Broughton''Complete Baronetage'', vol. III (1903
p. 342
* 1661–63, 1665 convention, 1667 convention, 1669–74, 1678 convention, 1681–82, 1685–86, 1689 convention, 1689–98:

of Blackbarony (died c.1700) * 1678 convention: John Veitch the younger of Dawick * 1681–82, 1689 convention, 1689–93: Sir David Murray of Stanhope and Broughton (expelled 1693) * 1685–86: James Douglas of Skirling * 1693–98: Alexander Murray of Halmyre * 1700–02: Sir Alexander Murray of Blackbarony * 1702-07: William Morison of Prestoungrange * 1702-07: Alexander Horseburgh of that Ilk

List of shire commissioners

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