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Forfarshire Angus ( sco, Angus; gd, Aonghas) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Dundee City and Perth and Kinross. Main industries include agri ...

was a royal burgh that returned one

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to the Parliament of Scotland and to the

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. After the

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, Dundee, Cupar, Forfar, Perth and

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formed the Perth district of burghs (sometimes called Forfar Burghs), returning one member between them to the

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List of burgh commissioners

* 1643 (convention): Thomas Mudie * 1643 (convention): Robert Davidson * 1643 (convention): George Brown * 1644: Thomas Haliburton * 1645: James Sympson * 1645–47, 1648–51, 1661–63: Alexander Wedderburn of Kingany, provost * 1649, 1651: Robert Davidson * 1650-51: Alexander Bower * 1665 (convention): George Fletcher, dean of guild * 1667 (convention): John Kinloch, merchant, bailie * 1669–1674: George Forrester, merchant-burgess, councillor * 1678 (convention): Alexander Wedderburn, provost * 1681–82, 1702, 1702–07: John Scrymgeour of Kirktoun, provost * 1685–86, 1689 (convention), 1689–1701: James Fletcher, provost (died c.1701)

List of burgh commissioners

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