Selkirk (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

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

Selkirk, Scottish Borders town in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, UK

Selkirk is a town and historic royal burgh in the Scottish Borders Council district of southeastern Scotland. It lies on the Ettrick Water, a tributary of the River Tweed.

Royal burgh former type of Scottish burgh

A royal burgh was a type of Scottish burgh which had been founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter. Although abolished in law in 1975, the term is still used by many former royal burghs.

Parliament of Scotland legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland

The Parliament of Scotland was the legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland. The parliament, like other such institutions, evolved during the Middle Ages from the king's council of bishops and earls. It is first identifiable as a parliament in 1235, during the reign of Alexander II, when it was described as a "colloquium" and already possessed a political and judicial role. By the early fourteenth century, the attendance of knights and freeholders had become important, and from 1326 commissioners from the burghs attended. Consisting of the "three estates" of clergy, nobility and the burghs sitting in a single chamber, the parliament gave consent for the raising of taxation and played an important role in the administration of justice, foreign policy, war, and all manner of other legislation. Parliamentary business was also carried out by "sister" institutions, such as General Councils or Convention of Estates. These could carry out much business also dealt with by parliament – taxation, legislation and policy-making – but lacked the ultimate authority of a full parliament.

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After the Acts of Union 1707, Selkirk, Lanark, Linlithgow and Peebles formed the Lanark district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

Acts of Union 1707 Acts of Parliament creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain

The Acts of Union were two Acts of Parliament: the Union with Scotland Act 1706 passed by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act passed in 1707 by the Parliament of Scotland. They put into effect the terms of the Treaty of Union that had been agreed on 22 July 1706, following negotiation between commissioners representing the parliaments of the two countries. By the two Acts, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland—which at the time were separate states with separate legislatures, but with the same monarch—were, in the words of the Treaty, "United into One Kingdom by the Name of Great Britain".

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

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

List of burgh commissioners

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  1. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 574.
  2. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 576,578.
  3. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 581.
  4. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 583,588.
  5. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 585.
  6. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 590,596.
  7. ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 602.


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