Kincardineshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)

Kincardineshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Kincardineshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Constituency of the Old Parliament of Scotland

Kincardineshire (or the Mearns) was a constituency represented in the Parliament of Scotland until 1707.

Quick Facts Former constituency, Abolished ...

List of shire commissioners

  • 1607: Laird of Allerdes (Allerdes) [1]
  • 1612: John Allerdes, friar of that Ilk [2]
  • 1612, 1625, 1630: David Ramsay of Balmain[3]
  • 1617 and 1630: Sir Alexander Strachan of Thornton[4]
  • 1621: Alexander Burnett of Leys[5]
  • 1639–41, 1645–46, 1661–63: Sir Gilbert Ramsay of Balmain[3]
  • 1661–63: Alexander Stratton of that Ilk and of Lowrieston [6]
  • 1665 convention: not represented
  • 1667, 1669–74: Sir David Carnegie of Pitarrow[7]
  • 1672–73: Sir David Ramsay of Balmain[3]
  • 1678 (convention), 1681–82, 1685–86 Sir Alexander Falconer of Glenfarquhar[8][9]
  • 1678 (convention), 1681–82, 1685–86: Sir John Falconer of Balnakellie (died c.1685) [9]
  • 1686 William Rait, Laird of Hallgreen[10]
  • 1689 (convention), 1689–1702 Alexander Arbuthnott of Knox[11]
  • 1689 (convention), 1689–1701, 1702–1707: Sir Thomas Burnett of Leys[12]
  • 1702–04: Sir James Falconer of Phesdoe (died 1705) [13]
  • 1705–07: Sir David Ramsay of Balmain[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 547.
  2. [2]
    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 549.
  3. [3]
    The Complete Baronetage, vol. ii, p. 301.
  4. [4]
    The Complete Baronetage, vol. ii, p. 285.
  5. [5]
    The Complete Baronetage, vol. ii, p. 308.
  6. [6]
    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 573.
  7. [7]
    The Complete Baronetage, vol. iii, p. 337.
  8. [8]
    The Complete Baronetage, vol. iv, p. 279.
  9. [9]
    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 583,585,587.
  10. [10]
    Records of the Parliaments of Scotland, 1686/4/13. Accessed 10 September 2014.
  11. [11]
    The Scots Peerage, vol. i, p. 306.
  12. [12]
    The Complete Baronetage, vol. ii, p. 309.
  13. [13]
    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 600.


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