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Parliamentary constituency to 1707
Before the
Act of Union 1707 , the
barons of the
shire of Clackmannan elected
commissioners to represent them in the unicameral
Parliament of Scotland and in the
Convention of Estates . After 1708,
Clackmannanshire and
Kinross-shire alternated in returning one member to the
House of Commons of Great Britain and later to the
House of Commons of the United Kingdom .
List of shire commissioners
1617: Robert Bruce, laird of Clackmannan
[1]
1639-1641:
Sir Thomas Hope of Kerse
[2]
1639-1640: Sir Alexander Shaw of Sauchie; elected to serve in Hope's absence as necessary
[2]
[3]
1644 (convention): — Stewart, laird of
Rosyth
[4]
1644: Sir Charles Erskine of Bandeath
[5]
1648: Robert Meldrum of Tillibody
[6]
1649-1650: Sir Charles Erskine of Bandeath
[5]
1650-1651:
Sir Andrew Rollo , laird of Duncrub
[7]
During
the Protectorate , Linlithgowshire, Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire jointly returned one member to the Commonwealth Parliament.
1661-1663: Sir Henry Bruce of Clackmannan
[10]
1665 (convention):
Sir Charles Erskine of Alva and Cambuskenneth
[11]
[12]
1667 (convention): Sir Henry Bruce of Clackmannan
[10]
1667 (convention):
Sir Charles Erskine of Alva and Cambuskenneth
[11]
[12]
1669-1674: Sir Henry Bruce of Clackmannan
[10]
1678 (convention): David Bruce of Clackmannan
[13]
1681-1682:
Sir William Sharp of Tullibodie
[14]
[15]
1685-1686: David Bruce of Clackmannan
[13]
1689 (convention) : David Bruce of Clackmannan
[13]
1689: David Bruce of Clackmannan (seat declared vacant 28 April 1693 as he had not signed the assurance; vacant again 21 May 1700 as he had not signed the
Association )
[13]
1700-1702:
Sir John Erskine of Alva
[16]
[17]
1703-1707: Alexander Abercromby of Tullibody
[18]
References
Joseph Foster , Members of Parliament, Scotland , 1882.
^ Foster,
p. 40 .
^
a
b Foster,
p. 188 .
^ Foster,
p. 313 .
^ Foster,
p. 321 .
^
a
b Foster,
p. 125 .
^ Foster,
p. 247 .
^
a
b Foster,
p. 297 .
^ Foster,
p. 294 .
^ Foster,
p. 309 .
^
a
b
c Foster,
p. 39 .
^
a
b Foster,
p. 126 .
^
a
b
G. E. C. , The Complete Baronetage , volume IV (1904)
pp. 250–251 .
^
a
b
c
d Foster,
p. 38 .
^ Foster,
p. 312 .
^ Complete Baronetage , vol. IV,
pp. 321 –
322 .
^ Foster,
p. 127 .
^ Complete Baronetage , vol. IV,
p. 251 .
^ Foster,
p. 2 .
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