Jump to content

Peebles (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is the current revision of this page, as edited by Ferien (talk | contribs) at 10:30, 21 February 2021 (Importing Wikidata short description: "Constituency of the Old Parliament of Scotland in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK" (Shortdesc helper)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.

(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

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

List of burgh commissioners

[edit]
  • 1661–83, 1665 convention, 1667 convention: Alexander Williamson, provost [1]
  • 1669–70: John Plenderleith [2]
  • 1672–74: Alexander Williamson [2]
  • 1681–82: William Williamson, town clerk [3]
  • 1678: Gawin Thompson, provost [4]
  • 1689–1702: John Muir, merchant burgess [5]
  • 1702–07: Archibald Shiells, provost [6]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 574,576,578.
  2. ^ a b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 580.
  3. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 585.
  4. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 583.
  5. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 595.
  6. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 601.