Lanark was a royal burgh that returned one

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 ...

to the Parliament of Scotland and to the

Convention of Estates The Convention of Estates of Scotland was a sister institution to the Scottish Parliament which sat from the early sixteenth century. Initially it was only attended by the clergy and nobles, but the burgh commissioners were later added. The Conven ...

. After the

Acts 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 te ...

, Lanark, Linlithgow, Peebles and Selkirk formed the Lanark district of burghs, returning one member between them to the

House of Commons of Great Britain The House of Commons of Great Britain was the lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain between 1707 and 1801. In 1707, as a result of the Acts of Union of that year, it replaced the House of Commons of England and the third estate of th ...

List of burgh commissioners

* 1661–63, 1665 convention, 1667 convention, 1669–74: Patrick Bissett, bailie * 1678 convention: Thomas Stoddart * 1681–82: William Wilkie, commissar, bailie * 1685: James Weir, merchant * 1686: James Hair * 1689 convention, 1689–1702: Thomas Hamilton, bailie * 1702–07: William Carmichaell, advocate

References

Constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland (to 1707) Lanark Constituencies disestablished in 1707 1707 disestablishments in Scotland Politics of South Lanarkshire History of South Lanarkshire {{UK-hist-constituency-stub

List of burgh commissioners

See also

References