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Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Stirling elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates.
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Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Aberdeen elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates. The number of commissioners was increased from two to four in 1690.
Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Linlithgow elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates.
Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Ross elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates.
Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Inverness elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates.
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.
Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Renfrew elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates. The number of commissioners was increased from two to three in 1690.
Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Peebles elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates.
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- ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 547.
- ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 549.
- 1 2 3 4 The Complete Baronetage, vol. ii, p. 301.
- ↑ The Complete Baronetage, vol. ii, p. 285.
- ↑ The Complete Baronetage, vol. ii, p. 308.
- ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 573.
- ↑ The Complete Baronetage, vol. iii, p. 337.
- ↑ The Complete Baronetage, vol. iv, p. 279.
- 1 2 Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 583,585,587.
- ↑ Records of the Parliaments of Scotland , 1686/4/13. Accessed 10 September 2014.
- ↑ The Scots Peerage , vol. i, p. 306.
- ↑ The Complete Baronetage, vol. ii, p. 309.
- ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 600.
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