Whithorn Whithorn ( �ʍɪthorn 'HWIT-horn'; ''Taigh Mhàrtainn'' in Gaelic), is a royal burgh in the historic county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about south of Wigtown. The town was the location of the first recorded Christia ...

Wigtownshire Wigtownshire or the County of Wigtown (, ) is one of the historic counties of Scotland, covering an area in the south-west of the country. Until 1975, Wigtownshire was an administrative county used for local government. Since 1975 the area has f ...

was a

royal burgh A royal burgh () was a type of Scottish burgh which had been founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter. Although abolished by law in 1975, the term is still used by many former royal burghs. Most royal burghs were either created by ...

that returned one commissioner to the

Parliament of Scotland The Parliament of Scotland ( sco, Pairlament o Scotland; gd, Pàrlamaid na h-Alba) was the legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland from the 13th century until 1707. The parliament evolved during the early 13th century from the king's council o ...

and to the Convention of Estates. After the Acts of Union 1707, Whithorn,

New Galloway New Galloway ( gd, Gall-Ghàidhealaibh Nuadh) is a town in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway. It lies on the west side of the valley of the Water of Ken, north of the end of Loch Ken. Before the local governme ...

, Stranraer and

Wigtown Wigtown ( (both used locally); gd, Baile na h-Ùige) is a town and former royal burgh in Wigtownshire, of which it is the county town, within the Dumfries and Galloway region in Scotland. It lies east of Stranraer and south of Newton Stewart. ...

formed the

district of burghs The Act of Union 1707 and pre-Union Scottish legislation provided for 14 Members of Parliament (MPs) from Scotland to be elected from districts of burghs. All the parliamentary burghs (burghs represented in the pre-Union Parliament of Scotland) ...

, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of burgh commissioners

* 1661: William Houston * 1662–63: James McCullogh * 1665 convention: Alexander Donaldson, provost * 1667 convention: John McKie, town clerk * 1669–74: Alexander McCulloch of Dromorell * 1678 convention: David Garoch, merchant-burgess * 1681–82, 1685–86: David Forrester, merchant-burgess * 1689 convention, 1689–1702: Patrick Murdoch of Camlodden * 1702–07: John Clerk of

Penicuik Penicuik ( ; sco, Penicuik; gd, Peighinn na Cuthaig) is a town and former Police burgh, burgh in Midlothian, Scotland, lying on the west bank of the River Esk, Lothian, River North Esk. It lies on the A701 road, A701 midway between Edinburgh a ...

G. E. C., ''The Complete Baronetage'', vol. IV (1904
p. 308

References

Constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland (to 1707) Constituencies disestablished in 1707 1707 disestablishments in Scotland Politics of Dumfries and Galloway History of Dumfries and Galloway Whithorn {{UK-hist-constituency-stub

List of burgh commissioners

See also

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