Glasgow (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
Glasgow in Lanarkshire was a royal burgh that returned one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates.
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[edit]
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- 1630 (convention): Gabriel Cunningham, provost[1]
- 1639–1641: Patrick Bell, provost [2]
- 1643–44, 1644: James Bell [3]
- 1645: Colin Campbell of Elie[4]
- 1645–1647, 1649–51: George Porterfield [5]
- 1661–1663: John Bell, provost [6]
- 1665 (convention), 1667 (convention), 1669–1674: William Anderson, provost [7]
- 1678 (convention): James Campbell, provost[8]
- 1681–1682: John Bell, provost [9]
- 1685–86: John Johnston of Clauchrie, provost[10]
- 1689 (convention), 1689–1702: John Anderson of Dowhill, merchant-burgess [11]
- 1702–1707: Hugh Montgomerie of Busbie, provost [12]
References[edit]
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 557.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 560.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 563,566.
- ^ G. Harvey Johnston, The Heraldry of the Campbells, vol. II (1921) p. 29.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. pp. 566, 570.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 574.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 576,578,580.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 583.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 585.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 587.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 595.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 601.
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