Kilrenny (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
Kilrenny in Fife was a royal burgh that returned one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates.
After the Acts of Union 1707, Kilrenny, Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Crail and Pittenweem formed the Anstruther Easter district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.
List of burgh commissioners[]
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- 1669–72: Captain Gideon Murray, merchant-burgess [1]
- 1672: Kilrenny renounced rights to representation but later allowed to continue
- 1689 convention, 1689–93: George Beaton (or Bethune), trader (expelled 1693 for absence) [2]
- 1693–1701: Alexander Stevenson [2]
- 1702–07: James Bethune the younger of Balfour [3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 580.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 587,594.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 600.
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