Wigtownshire was a

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represented in the

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until 1707.

Shire commissioners

* 1621: Robert Maclellan * 1628–33, 1643, 1644, 1645–47: Sir Patrick Agnew, 1st Baronet G. E. C., ''The Complete Baronetage'', volume II (1902
p. 368
* 1644, 1648–49, 1665 convention, 1667 convention, 1669–72: Sir Andrew Agnew, 2nd Baronet of Lochnaw * 1661–63: Uchtred McDowall of Freuch * 1661–63: Richard Murray of Broughton * 1665 convention, 1681–82: Sir David Dunbar of Baldoune * 1667 convention, 1669–72: William Maxwell of

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* 1672–74, 1678 convention, 1681–82:

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* 1678 convention: Sir Godfrey Macculloch, 2nd Baronet * 1685, 1689 convention, 1689–1702: Sir Andrew Agnew, 3rd Baronet (died 1702) * 1685: William Steuart of Castlestuart * 1689 (convention), 1689–1700: William McDowell of Garthland (died c.1700) * 1700–02, 1702–07: William Steuart the elder of Castlesteuart * 1702, 1702–07:

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of Sorbie

References

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