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Forres Forres (; gd, Farrais) is a town and former royal burgh in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately northeast of Inverness and west of Elgin. Forres has been a winner of the Scotland in Bloom award on several occasions. There ...
in Elginshire was a burgh constituency that elected one
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to the Parliament of Scotland and to the
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. After the
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, Forres, Fortrose,
Nairn Nairn (; gd, Inbhir Narann) is a town and royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around east of Inverness, at the point where the River Nairn enters the Moray Firth. It is the tradit ...
and
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formed the
Inverness Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histori ...
district of burghs, returning one member between them to the
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List of burgh commissioners

* 1661: John Layne, bailie * 1665 convention: Francis Forbes of Thornhill * 1667 convention: Harie Ross * 1669–1672, 1678 convention: Patrick Tulloch of Boigton, provost * 1681–82: Thomas Urquhart * 1685–86: James Smith, heritor * 1689 convention, 1689: Thomas Tulloch (declared absent) * 1693–1702: William Brodie of Whitewreath * 1702–07: George Brodie of Ailisk


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