Dingwall (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
Dingwall in Ross-shire was a burgh constituency that elected one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates.
After the Acts of Union 1707, Dingwall, Dornoch, Kirkwall, Tain and Wick formed the Tain district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.
List of burgh commissioners[]
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- 1661–63, 1669–70: Alexander Bayne, provost [1]
- 1672–74: Rodrick McKenzie, advocate at Edinburgh [1]
- 1665 convention, 1667 convention: not represented
- 1678 convention: Hugh Mackenzie, merchant-burgess [2]
- 1681–82: Sir Donald Bayne of Tulloch [3]
- 1685–86: Donald Dingwall, dean of guild [4]
- 1689 convention, 1689–1693: Kenneth Mackenzie, merchant burgess, bailie (disqualified 1698) [5]
- 1698–1702: of Tillicoultry, commissar of Edinburgh[6]
- 1702–07: John Bayne the younger of Tulloch [7]
References[]
- ^ a b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 574,579.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 583.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 585.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 588.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 596.
- ^ G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, vol. iv (1904) p. 447.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 601.
See also[]
Categories:
- Politics of the county of Ross
- History of the Scottish Highlands
- Constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland (to 1707)
- Constituencies disestablished in 1707
- 1707 disestablishments in Scotland
- Dingwall
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