Orkney and Shetland (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Before the Act of Union 1707, the barons of the stewartry of Orkney and lordship of Shetland (formerly spelled Zetland) elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of Estates. After 1708, Orkney and Shetland returned one member to the House of Commons of Great Britain and later to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

List of commissioners

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  • 1661–63: Hugh Craigie of Gairsay[1]
  • 1678: Captain Andrew Dick[2]
  • 1681–82, 1689, 1689–1702: William Craigie of Gairsay[1]
  • 1702–07: Sir Archibald Stewart of Burray[3]

References

  1. 1 2 G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, volume IV (1904) p. 444.
  2. ↑ Complete Baronetage, volume II (1902) p. 449.
  3. ↑ Complete Baronetage, volume IV, p. 355.

See also

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