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Stirlingshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

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Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Stirling elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates.

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

List of shire commissioners

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1612: Alexander Seton of Kilcreuch^[1]
1644: Sir Thomas Nicolson of Carnock^[2]
1689–90: Sir Charles Erskine of Alva^[3]
1689–1702: Sir John Houston of that Ilk^[4]

References

^ G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, volume III (1903) p. 338.
^ Complete Baronetage, volume II (1902) p. 424.
^ Complete Baronetage, volume IV (1904) pp. 250–251.
^ Complete Baronetage, volume IV, p. 268.

See also

List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union

Constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland before the Act of Union 1707

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