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Linlithgow 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, Linlithgow, Lanark, Peebles and Selkirk formed the Linlithgow district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain .
Wigtownshire was a constituency represented in the Parliament of Scotland until 1707. Shire commissioners. 1621: Robert Maclellan; 1628–33, 1643, 1644, 1645–47: Sir Patrick Agnew, 1st Baronet; 1644, 1648–49, 1665 convention, 1667 convention, 1669–72: Sir Andrew Agnew, 2nd Baronet of Lochnaw; 1661–63: Uchtred McDowall of Freuch
Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Lanark elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates. The number of commissioners was increased from two to four in 1690. From 1708 Lanarkshire was represented by one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of ...
Rothesay in Buteshire 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, Rothesay, Ayr, Campbeltown, Inveraray, and Irvine formed the Ayr district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain .
Ayr (Parliament of Scotland constituency) Ayr 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, Ayr, Campbeltown, Inveraray, Irvine and Rothesay formed the Ayr district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain .
Parliament House, built by Charles I to house the Parliament of Scotland, pictured c. 1647. In the sixteenth century, parliament usually met in Stirling Castle or the Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh, which was rebuilt on the orders of Mary Queen of Scots from 1561.
An act of the Scottish Parliament ( Scottish Gaelic: Achd Pàrlamaid na h-Alba) is primary legislation made by the Scottish Parliament. The power to create acts was conferred to the Parliament by section 28 of the Scotland Act 1998 following the successful 1997 referendum on devolution.
