Montrose in

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was a

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that elected one

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to the

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and to the

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. At the time of the

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, the commissioner for Montrose was chosen as one of the

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. From the

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, Montrose,

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and

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formed the

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, returning one member between them to the

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List of burgh commissioners

* 1357: Richard of Cadyock and John Clerk * 1367: Eliseus Falconer and Thomas Black * 1504: George Stirling * 1543: John Ogilvy * 1563, 1567, 1568: John Erskine of DunFoster, p. 127. * 1568: the provost of Montrose, James Mason (in the absence of the provost)Foster, p. 242. * 1569 convention: John Erskine of Dun * 1578 convention: — LeightonFoster, p. 211. * 1579: George Petrie * 1581: Robert Leighton * 1583: James Mason * 1587: Robert Leighton * 1593: James Wishart * 1597 convention: William Murray * 1612: Patrick Leighton * 1615–16: James Mill * 1617 convention, 1617, 1621:

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* 1625 convention, 1628–33: Robert Keith * 1630 convention: Patrick Leighton * 1639–40: Robert KeithFoster, p. 200. * 1643–44 convention: Andrew GrayFoster, p. 163. * 1644: Robert Beattie * 1645: Robert TailyourFoster, p. 341. * 1645–47, 1648: James PedieFoster, p. 283. * 1649: Andrew Gray or James Milne * 1651: Walter Lyell * 1661: John RonnaldFoster, p. 298. * 1665 convention, 1667 convention, 1669–74, 1678 convention: Robert Tailyour * 1681–82: Robert Rennald * 1685–86: James Mill, merchant, bailie * 1689 (convention), 1689–1702: James Mudie * 1702–7: James Scott of LogieFoster, p. 305.

References

* Joseph Foster,
Members of Parliament, Scotland
', 1882.

List of burgh commissioners

References

See also