Before the
Acts of Union 1707, the
barons of the
shire of Renfrew elected
commissioners to represent them in the unicameral
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 ...
and in the
Convention of the Estates. The number of commissioners was increased from two to three in 1690.
From
1708
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Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire () ( sco, Renfrewshire; gd, Siorrachd Rinn Friù) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
Located in the west central Lowlands, it is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Re ...
was represented by one Member of Parliament in the
House of Commons of Great Britain.
List of shire commissioners
* 1593: Sir Patrick Houston of
that Ilk
* 1593: Sir John Maxwell of
Pollok
Pollok ( gd, Pollag, lit=a pool, sco, Powk) is a large housing estate on the south-western side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The estate was built either side of World War II to house families from the overcrowded inner city. Housing 30,0 ...
* 1612: names unknown
* 1617: Sir John Maxwell, 1st Baronet, of Pollok
* 1617: Sir Archibald Stewart of
Castlemilk
Castlemilk ( gd, Caisteal Mheilc) is a district of Glasgow, Scotland. It lies to the far south of the city centre, adjacent to the Croftfoot and Simshill residential areas within the city to the north-west, the town of Rutherglen - neighbourho ...
* 1621: William Semple of Fulwood
* 1633: Patrick Fleming of
Barrochan
* 1633, 1661–62: Sir Archibald Stewart of
Blackhall
* 1639–41: Sir Patrick Maxwell of
Newark
* 1639–41, 1645–47: Sir Ludovic Houston of that Ilk
[ G. E. C., ''The Complete Baronetage'', vol. iv (1904]
p. 268
[ Joseph Foster, ''Members of Parliament, Scotland'' (1882]
p. 189
* 1643: William Cunningham of
Craigends
Craigends is a residential area in the civil parish of Houston and Killellan in Renfrewshire, Scotland lying south of the River Gryffe and on the banks of the River Locher. Craigends is on the south-eastern edge of the village of Houston, bor ...
* 1643–44, 1644, 1649, 1667: John Shaw of
Greenock[''Complete Baronetage'', vol. iv]
p. 350
[''Members of Parliament, Scotland'']
p. 313
* 1644–45, 1650: John Brisbane of
Bishopton
* 1645: Sir John Hamilton of
Orbiston
* 1645–47: Sir James Muir of
Caldwell
* 1648: Alexander Porterfield of that Ilk
* 1649–50: Sir George Maxwell of Pollok
* 1661:
Patrick Houston, fiar of that Ilk
[
* 1667: Sir Archibald Stewart of Blackhall][''Complete Baronetage'', vol. iv]
p. 261
* 1669–70: Sir Archibald Stewart of Castlemilk
* 1669–74, 1678, 1681–82: Sir John Shaw of Greenock[
* 1681–82, 1685–86: William Hamilton of Orbistoun
* 1685–86, 1702–07: John Houston, younger of that Ilk (Sir John from 1696)][
* 1689–93, 1695–96, 1698–99: Sir John Maxwell of Pollok (appointed Lord Justice Clerk, 1699)
* 1689–95: William Coningham of Craigends (expelled)][
* 1700-02: Alexander Porterfield of that Ilk][
* 1700–01, 1702–04: John Stewart, younger of Blackhall][
* 1700–02, 1702–07: Sir Robert Pollok of that Ilk][''Complete Baronetage'', vol. iv]
p. 416
References
M. D. Young, ''The Parliaments of Scotland: Burgh and Shire Commissioners'' (1993) vol. II, p. 798.
See also
*
Constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland (to 1707)
Constituencies disestablished in 1707
1707 disestablishments in Scotland
Politics of Renfrewshire
History of Renfrewshire
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