Ayr Ayr (; sco, Ayr; gd, Inbhir Àir, "Mouth of the River Ayr") is a town situated on the southwest coast of Scotland. It is the administrative centre of the South Ayrshire Subdivisions of Scotland, council area and the historic Shires of Scotlan ...

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, Ayr, Campbeltown,

Inveraray Inveraray ( or ; gd, Inbhir Aora meaning "mouth of the Aray") is a town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is on the western shore of Loch Fyne, near its head, and on the A83 road. It is a former royal burgh, the traditional county town of Arg ...

, Irvine and

Rothesay Rothesay ( ; gd, Baile Bhòid ) is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies along the coast of the Firth of Clyde. It can be reached by ferry from Wemyss Bay, which offers an onward rail ...

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

* 1567, 1575, 1578, 1579: John Lockhart of

Barr Barr may refer to: Places * Barr (placename element), element of place names meaning 'wooded hill', 'natural barrier' * Barr, Ayrshire, a village in Scotland * Barr Building (Washington, DC), listed on the US National Register of Historic Places ...

Joseph Foster, ''Members of Parliament, Scotland'' (1882
p. 218
* 1604, 1605, 1607, 1609, 1612: John Lockhart of Barr * 1644: John Osbourn * 1645–47, 1648, 1649: John Kennedy * 1649, 1650–51: Hew Kennedy * 1661–63, 1665 convention, 1667 convention, 1669–74: William Cunningham, provost * 1678 convention: Robert Doock, provost * 1681–82: James Boyll, provost * 1685–86: Robert Hunter, provost * 1689 (convention), 1689–1702, 1703–07: John Moore, provost

List of burgh commissioners

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