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Glasgow in Lanarkshire was a royal burgh that returned one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates.

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After the Acts of Union 1707, Glasgow, Dumbarton, Renfrew and Rutherglen formed the Glasgow district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of burgh commissioners

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Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Dumbarton elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates.

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  1. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 557.
  2. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 560.
  3. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 563,566.
  4. ↑ G. Harvey Johnston, The Heraldry of the Campbells, vol. II (1921) p. 29.
  5. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 566, 570.
  6. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 574.
  7. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 576,578,580.
  8. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 583.
  9. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 585.
  10. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 587.
  11. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 595.
  12. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 601.

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