Before the

Act 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 t ...

, the

barons Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knigh ...

of the shire of Bute elected

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 ...

s to represent them in the unicameral

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and in the

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. After 1708,

Buteshire The County of Bute ( gd, Siorrachd Bhòid), also known as Buteshire, is a historic county and registration county of Scotland. The county comprises a number of islands in the Firth of Clyde, between the counties of Argyll and Ayrshire, the p ...

and

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alternated in returning one member the

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and later to the

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List of shire commissioners

* 1644:

Sir Robert Montgomery Sir Robert Montgomery GCSI, KCB (2 December 1809 – 28 December 1887), was a British administrator and civil servant in colonial India. He was Chief Commissioner of Oudh during the period of 1858 to 1859 and later served as Lieutenant Govern ...

of Skelmorlie * 1644–45: Sir James Stewart of Kirktoun, sheriff * 1648: Laird of Kilchattane (Stewart) * 1648: Laird of Kames (Bannatyne) * 1651: Laird of Askog (Stewart) * 1661–63: Sir James Stewart of Kirktoun''Complete Baronetage'', vol. I
p. 322
* 1665 (convention) * 1667 (convention) * 1669–70: Sir Dugald Stewart of Bute * 1669–74, * 1678 (convention) * 1681–82: Ninian Bannantyne of Kames * 1685–86: John Boyle of Kelburn * 1689 (convention) * 1689–93, * 1689–98: David Boyle, later the 1st Earl of Glasgow * 1693–1702: William Stewart of Ambrismore * 1702–03: Sir James Stewart (or Stuart) of Bute, sheriff (ennobled 1703) * 1702–07: Robert Stewart of

Tillicoultry Tillicoultry ( ; Scottish Gaelic: Tulach Cultraidh, perhaps from older Gaelic ''Tullich-cul-tir'', or "the mount/hill at the back of the country") is a town in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Tillicoultry is usually referred to as Tilly by the loc ...

''Complete Baronetage'', vol. IV (1904
p. 447
* 1704–07: John Steuart of Kinwhinlick

List of shire commissioners

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