Lanarkshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

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Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Lanark 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.

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From 1708 Lanarkshire was represented by one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of shire commissioners

Parliament or ConventionCommissioners
Parliament
12–13 October 1612		Sir William Baillie of LamingtonSir John Hamilton of Lettrick
Convention
7 March 1617		Maxwell of Calderwood
Parliament
27 May–28 June 1617		Sir John Hamilton of LettrickMaxwell of Calderwood
Convention
25–26 January 1621		none
Parliament
1 June–4 August 1621		Maxwell of CalderwoodSir John Hamilton of Lettrick
Convention
27 October–2 November 1625		Hamilton of LettrickHamilton of Goslingtoun
Parliament
15 September 1628 – 28 June 1633		Sir James Lockhart, yr of LeeGavin Hamilton of Raploch
Convention
28 July–7 August 1630		Gavin Hamilton of RaplochSir James Lockhart, yr of Lee
Parliament
15 May 1639 – 17 November 1641
Convention
22 June 1643 – 3 June 1644
Parliament
4 June 1644 – 27 March 1647
Parliament
2 March 1648 – 6 June 1651
During the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, the sheriffdom of Lanark was represented by one Member of Parliament in the Protectorate Parliament at Westminster.
Parliament
3 September 1654 – 22 January 1655		 William Lockhart
Parliament
17 September 1656 – 4 February 1658
Parliament
27 January–22 April 1659
After the Restoration, the Parliament of Scotland was again summoned to meet in Edinburgh.
Parliament
1 January 1661 – 9 October 1663		 Sir James Lockhart of Lee Sir Robert Hamilton, 1st Baronet of Silvertonhill [1]
Convention
2–4 August 1665		Gavin Hamilton of Roploch
Convention
9–23 January 1667
Parliament
19 October 1669 – 3 March 1674		John Harper of Cambusnethan
Sir William Lockhart (from 1672)
Convention
26 June–11 July 1678		Cromwell Lockhart of Lee Maj. Sir Robert Hamilton, 2nd Baronet of Silvertonhill [1]
Parliament
28 July 1681 – 1 March 1682		 Sir George Lockhart of Braidwood
Parliament
23 April 1685 – 15 June 1686		Sir George Lockhart, now of CarnwathCromwell Lockhart of Lee
Convention
14 March–24 May 1689		William Baillie of LamingtonSir Daniel Carmichael of Maudslie
Parliament
5 June 1689 – 30 June 1702
By Act of Parliament 14 June 1690, the shire of Lanark was allocated two additional Commissioners.
William Baillie of LamingtonSir Daniel Carmichael of Maudslie Sir William Denham of Westshield [2] James Hamilton of Aikenhead
Sir John Lockhart of Castlehill (from 1693)
Richard Lockhart of Lee (from 1695)
Sir William Stuart of Castlemilk [3] (from 1696)
Parliament
12 November 1702 – 25 March 1707		 George Baillie of Jerviswood John Sinclair, yr of Stevenson [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, volume II (1902) page 454.
  2. ↑ Complete Baronetage, volume IV (1904) p. 363.
  3. ↑ Complete Baronetage, volume IV, p. 267.
  4. ↑ Complete Baronetage, volume II, page 422.


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