Before 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 ...

, the

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s of the shire of Perth elected

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s to represent them in the unicameral

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and in the

Convention of the 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 Conve ...

. The number of commissioners was increased from two to four in 1690. From

1708 In the Swedish calendar it was a leap year starting on Wednesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–June * January 1 – Charles XII of Sweden invades Russia, by crossing th ...

Perthshire Perthshire (locally: ; gd, Siorrachd Pheairt), officially the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland. Geographically it extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, ...

was represented by one Member of Parliament in the

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List of shire commissioners

*1617-? George Auchinleck, Lord Balmanno * 1639–41: Sir John Moncreiff of Moncreiff * 1639–41: Thomas Ruthven of Frieland * 1643: Patrick Kinnaird of Inchstair * 1643: George Graeme of Invhbraikle * 1644–45: Laird of Gleneagles (Haldane) * 1644–45: Laird of Balhousie (Hay) * 1645–47: Laird of Frieland (Ruthven) * 1645–47: Lair of Aldie (Mercer) * 1648: Laird of Inchmertene (Ogilvie) * 1648: Laird of Balthayok (Blair) * 1649–51: Sir Thomas Ruthven * 1649–50: Sir John Brown * 1650–51: Laird of Ardblair (Blair) * 1661–63: Mungo Murray of Garth * 1661–63: Sir George Kinnaird of Rossie * 1665 convention, 1667 convention: Sir John Drummond of Burnbank * 1665 convention, 1667 convention: Sir Thomas Stewart of Gairntellie * 1669–74, 1678 convention, 1681–82, 1685–86: Lt-Gen. William Drummond of

Cromlix Cromlix House is a Victorian mansion near Kinbuck, Perthshire. A house was built on the site in 1874 as a family residence in the time of Captain Arthur Drummond Hay, but was destroyed by fire in 1878. It was replaced in 1880 by the house which ...

* 1669–70: Sir Mungo Murray of Garth (died c.1670) * 1672: Sir Gilbert Stewart of Tillineddes (died c.1672) * 1673–74: Sir William Murray of

Ochtertyre Ochtertyre is a country house and estate in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is located in Strathearn, between Crieff and Loch Turret, north of the A85. History The ancient seat of the Ochtertyre estate was Castle Cluggy, on the shore of Loch ...

''Complete Baronetage'', vol. iv (1904
p. 291
* 1678 convention: John Graham of Fintrie * 1681–82, 1685:

Mungo Haldane Mungo Haldane ( – 1 June 1755) was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons intermittently between 1715 and 1727. Haldane was the eldest son of John Haldane MP of Gleneagles and his wife Mary Drummond, daughter of David Drummond, ...

of Gleneagles (died 1685) * 1685–86: Sir John Murray of Drumcairn * 1689 convention, 1689–93: John Haldane of Gleneagles (expelled 1693) * 1689 convention, 1689–93: Sir James Ramsay of Bamff (expelled 1693) * 1690–1702: Sir Colin Campbell of

Aberuchill Aberuchill Castle is located west of Comrie in Perthshire, Scotland. It comprises an early 17th-century tower house, which was extended and remodelled in the 19th century. The house, excluding the later west wing, is protected as a category A lis ...

* 1690–1702: Adam Drummond of Megginch * 1693–95: Sir Alexander Menzies of that Ilk (died 1695)''Complete Baronetage'', vol. iv
p. 247
* 1693–97: Thomas Hay of Balhousie (ennobled as Viscount Dupplin 1697) * 1695–1701: Robert Hay of Strowie * 1698–1701: James Craigie the younger * 1702: William Oliphant of

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(died c1702) * 1702–07:

Sir Patrick Murray ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

* 1702-07: Mungo Graham of Gorthie * 1702–07: John Haldane of Gleneagles * 1704–07: John Murray of Strowan

List of shire commissioners

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