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Dornoch (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

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Dornoch in Sutherland 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, Dornoch, Dingwall, Kirkwall, Tain and Wick formed the Tain district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of burgh commissioners

  • 1661: Alexander Gordon [1]
  • 1685–86, 1689 (convention), 1689–90: Captain George Gordon (died c.1692) [2]
  • 1692–1702: John Anderson the younger of Westertoun [2]
  • 1702–07: John Urquhart of Meldrum [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 574.
  2. ^ a b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 590,597.
  3. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 603.