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Lanarkshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency) 
Summary
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 Great Britain.
List of shire commissioners edit
| Parliament or Convention | Commissioners | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament 12–13 October 1612 |
Sir William Baillie of Lamington | Sir John Hamilton of Lettrick | |||
| Convention 7 March 1617 |
Maxwell of Calderwood | ||||
| Parliament 27 May–28 June 1617 |
Sir John Hamilton of Lettrick | Maxwell of Calderwood | |||
| Convention 25–26 January 1621 |
none | ||||
| Parliament 1 June–4 August 1621 |
Maxwell of Calderwood | Sir John Hamilton of Lettrick | |||
| Convention 27 October–2 November 1625 |
Hamilton of Lettrick | Hamilton of Goslingtoun | |||
| Parliament 15 September 1628 – 28 June 1633 |
Sir James Lockhart, yr of Lee | Gavin Hamilton of Raploch | |||
| Convention 28 July–7 August 1630 |
Gavin Hamilton of Raploch | Sir James Lockhart, yr of Lee | |||
| Parliament 15 May 1639 – 17 November 1641 |
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| Convention 22 June 1643 – 3 June 1644 | |||||
| Parliament 4 June 1644 – 27 March 1647 | |||||
| Parliament 2 March 1648 – 6 June 1651 | |||||
| During the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, the sheriffdom of Lanark was represented by one Member of Parliament in the Protectorate Parliament at Westminster. | |||||
| Parliament 3 September 1654 – 22 January 1655 |
William Lockhart | ||||
| Parliament 17 September 1656 – 4 February 1658 | |||||
| Parliament 27 January–22 April 1659 | |||||
| After the Restoration, the Parliament of Scotland was again summoned to meet in Edinburgh. | |||||
| Parliament 1 January 1661 – 9 October 1663 |
Sir James Lockhart of Lee | Sir Robert Hamilton, 1st Baronet of Silvertonhill[1] | |||
| Convention 2–4 August 1665 |
Gavin Hamilton of Roploch | ||||
| Convention 9–23 January 1667 | |||||
| Parliament 19 October 1669 – 3 March 1674 |
John Harper of Cambusnethan | ||||
| Sir William Lockhart (from 1672) | |||||
| Convention 26 June–11 July 1678 |
Cromwell Lockhart of Lee | Maj. Sir Robert Hamilton, 2nd Baronet of Silvertonhill[1] | |||
| Parliament 28 July 1681 – 1 March 1682 |
Sir George Lockhart of Braidwood | ||||
| Parliament 23 April 1685 – 15 June 1686 |
Sir George Lockhart, now of Carnwath | Cromwell Lockhart of Lee | |||
| Convention 14 March–24 May 1689 |
William Baillie of Lamington | Sir Daniel Carmichael of Maudslie | |||
| Parliament 5 June 1689 – 30 June 1702 | |||||
| By Act of Parliament 14 June 1690, the shire of Lanark was allocated two additional Commissioners. | |||||
| William Baillie of Lamington | Sir Daniel Carmichael of Maudslie | Sir William Denham of Westshield[2] | James Hamilton of Aikenhead | ||
| Sir John Lockhart of Castlehill (from 1693) | |||||
| Richard Lockhart of Lee (from 1695) | |||||
| Sir William Stuart of Castlemilk[3] (from 1696) | |||||
| Parliament 12 November 1702 – 25 March 1707 |
George Baillie of Jerviswood | John Sinclair, yr of Stevenson[4] | |||
See also edit
References edit
- Return of Members of Parliament, Part II (1879) pp. 550–600.