Inverness-shire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

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

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

List of shire commissioners

1630: Sir Robert Gordon, 1st Baronet^[1]
1628–33, 1639–40: Sir John Mackenzie, 1st Baronet of Tarbat^[2]
1649: Sir Robert Munro, 3rd Baronet of Foulis^[3]

References

↑ G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, volume II (1902) pp. 277–8.
↑ Complete Baronetage, volume II, p. 355.
↑ Complete Baronetage, volume II, p. 400.

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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