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Constituency of the Parliament of Scotland
Irvine in
Ayrshire 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, Irvine,
Ayr,
Campbeltown,
Inveraray and
Rothesay formed the
Ayr
district of burghs, returning one member between them to the
House of Commons of Great Britain.
List of burgh commissioners
- 1579–87:
Hugh Campbell
[1]
- 1648: Robert Brown
[2]
- 1649–51: Robert Barclay
[2]
- 1661: Alan Dunlop the younger of Craig, provost
[3]
- 1665 convention, 1667 convention, 1669: Robert Cunningham, provost (died c.1670)
[4]
- 1673–74: Arthur Hamilton, town clerk
[5]
- 1678 convention: John Montgomerie the younger of Bench, merchant-burgess
[6]
- 1685–86: George Leslie, baillie
[7]
- 1689 convention, 1689–1702: Alexander Cuninghame of Chirrislands
[8]
- 1702–05: Alexander Cunynghame of Collellan (died c.1705)
[9]
- 1705–07: George Monro, baillie
[9]
See also
References
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^ G. Harvey Johnston, The Heraldry of the Campbells, vol. II (1921)
p. 57.
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a
b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 568.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 572.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 575,577.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 579.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 582.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 586.
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^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 589,592.
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a
b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 598.