Dumbartonshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

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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.

List of shire commissioners

1593: Sir James Seton of Touch
1593: Sir James Edmonstone of Duntreath
1608: Sir Aulay MacAulay of Ardincaple
1612: Alexander Colquhoun of Luss
1617: William Semple of Fulwood
1621: John Colquhoun of Luss^[1]
1621: Henry Stirling of Ardoch
1628–33, 1645, 1649 and 1651: Sir Ludovic Houston of that Ilk ^[2]^[3]
1630: name not known
1633: James Muirhead of Lachop, yr
1639–41, 1648: Duncan Campbell of Carrick^[4]
1640–41; 1643–49: Sir Humphrey Colquhoun of Balvie^[5]
1643, 1645–47, 1648–49: William Semple of Fulwood
1650, 1661–63, 1665 convention, 1667 convention and 1669–74: Sir John Colquhoun of Luss^[5]
1661–63, 1665 convention, 1667 convention, 1669–74: John Napier of Kilmahew ^[6]
1678 convention: William Hamilton of Orbiston^[7]
1678 convention and 1681–82: Sir Patrick Houston of that Ilk^[2]^[3]
1681–82: William Noble of Dalnotter^[8]
1685–86: Nicoll Buntine of Ardoch^[9]
1685–86: Alexander Gartshore of that Ilk^[9]
1689 (convention), 1689–1702: Claude Hamilton of Barnes^[10]
1689 (convention), 1689–98: William Colquhoun of Craigtoun^[10]
1700–01: John Haldane of Gleneagles^[10]
1702–07: William Cochrane of Kilmaranock^[11]
1702–07: Sir Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss^[5]

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References

Margaret M. Young, The Parliaments of Scotland: Burgh and Shire Commissioners (Edinburgh, 1993) vol. 2, p. 792.

↑ G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, vol. II (1902) pp. 293–294.
1 2 Complete Baronetage, vol. IV (1904) p. 268.
1 2 Joseph Foster, Members of Parliament, Scotland (1882) p. 189.
↑ G. Harvey Johnston, The Heraldry of the Campbells, vol. II (1921) p. 23.
1 2 3 Complete Baronetage, vol. II, p. 294.
↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 579.
↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 582.
↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 584.
1 2 Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 586.
1 2 3 Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 592.
↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 599.

Dumbartonshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

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List of shire commissioners

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References

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