Before the
Acts of Union 1707, the
barons of the
shire of Dumbarton elected
commissioners to represent them in the unicameral
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 in the
Convention of the Estates.
From
1708
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Events
January–June
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Dumbartonshire was represented by one Member of Parliament in the
House of Commons of Great Britain.
List of shire commissioners
* 1593: Sir
James Seton of Touch
* 1593: Sir James Edmonstone of Duntreath
* 1608: Sir
Aulay MacAulay of Ardincaple
* 1612: Alexander Colquhoun of Luss
* 1617: William Semple of Fulwood
* 1621:
John Colquhoun of Luss
* 1621: Henry Stirling of Ardoch
* 1628–33, 1645, 1649 and 1651: Sir Ludovic Houston of
that Ilk[''Complete Baronetage'', vol. IV (1904]
p. 268
[ Joseph Foster, ''Members of Parliament, Scotland'' (1882]
p. 189
* 1630: name not known
* 1633: James Muirhead of Lachop, yr
* 1639–41, 1648: Duncan Campbell of Carrick
* 1640–41; 1643–49: Sir Humphrey Colquhoun of Balvie
[''Complete Baronetage'', vol. II]
p. 294
* 1643, 1645–47, 1648–49: William Semple of Fulwood
* 1650, 1661–63, 1665 convention, 1667 convention and 1669–74:
Sir John Colquhoun of Luss
[
* 1661–63, 1665 convention, 1667 convention, 1669–74: John Napier of Kilmahew
* 1678 convention: William Hamilton of Orbiston
* 1678 convention and 1681–82: Sir Patrick Houston of that Ilk][
* 1681–82: William Noble of Dalnotter
* 1685–86: Nicoll Buntine of Ardoch][
* 1689 (convention), 1689–1702: Claude Hamilton of Barnes][
* 1700–01: John Haldane of Gleneagles][
* 1702–07: William Cochrane of Kilmaranock][
]
References
* Margaret M. Young, ''The Parliaments of Scotland: Burgh and Shire Commissioners'' (Edinburgh, 1993) vol. 2, p. 792.
See also
* List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union
Constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland (to 1707)
Constituencies disestablished in 1707
1707 disestablishments in Scotland
Politics of the Dunbartonshire
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