Kincardineshire Kincardineshire, also known as the Mearns (from the Scottish Gaelic meaning "the Stewartry"), is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area on the coast of northeast Scotland. It is bounded by Aberdeenshire on the north and ...

(or the Mearns) was a

constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...

represented in 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 ...

until 1707.

List of
shire commissioner A commissioner was a legislator appointed or elected to represent a royal burgh or shire in the pre-Union Scottish Parliament and the associated Convention of the Estates. Member of Parliament (MP) and Deputy are equivalent terms in other ...
s

* 1607: Laird of Allerdes (Allerdes) * 1612: John Allerdes, friar of that Ilk * 1612, 1625, 1630: David Ramsay of Balmain''The Complete Baronetage''
vol. ii, p. 301
* 1617 and 1630: Sir Alexander Strachan of Thornton * 1621: Alexander

Burnett of Leys The House of Burnett (Burnet, Burnette, Burnard, Bernard) is a Lowland and Border Scottish family composed of several branches. The Chief of the Name and Arms of Burnett is James Comyn Amherst Burnett of Leys. Origins of the name It remains un ...

* 1639–41, 1645–46, 1661–63: Sir Gilbert Ramsay of Balmain * 1661–63: Alexander Stratton of that Ilk and of Lowrieston *''1665 convention: not represented'' * 1667, 1669–74: Sir David Carnegie of Pitarrow * 1672–73: Sir David Ramsay of Balmain * 1678 (convention), 1681–82, 1685–86 Sir Alexander Falconer of Glenfarquhar * 1678 (convention), 1681–82, 1685–86: Sir John Falconer of Balnakellie (died c.1685) * 1686 William Rait, Laird of Hallgreen * 1689 (convention), 1689–1702 Alexander Arbuthnott of Knox * 1689 (convention), 1689–1701, 1702–1707: Sir Thomas Burnett of Leys''The Complete Baronetage''
vol. ii, p. 309
* 1702–04: Sir James Falconer of Phesdoe (died 1705) * 1705–07: Sir David Ramsay of Balmain

References

Kincardineshire Politics of Aberdeenshire Constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland (to 1707) 1707 disestablishments in Scotland Constituencies disestablished in 1707 {{UK-hist-constituency-stub

List of shire commissioner A commissioner was a legislator appointed or elected to represent a royal burgh or shire in the pre-Union Scottish Parliament and the associated Convention of the Estates. Member of Parliament (MP) and Deputy are equivalent terms in other ...s

References

List of
shire commissioner A commissioner was a legislator appointed or elected to represent a royal burgh or shire in the pre-Union Scottish Parliament and the associated Convention of the Estates. Member of Parliament (MP) and Deputy are equivalent terms in other ...
s