Kincardineshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

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

Kincardineshire
Former constituency
for the Parliament of Scotland
Former constituency
Abolished1707

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


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