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.
List of burgh commissioners
edit- 1567, 1575, 1578, 1579: John Lockhart of Barr[1]
- 1604, 1605, 1607, 1609, 1612: John Lockhart of Barr[1]
- 1644: John Osbourn [2]
- 1645–47, 1648, 1649: John Kennedy [3]
- 1649, 1650–51: Hew Kennedy [3]
- 1661–63, 1665 convention, 1667 convention, 1669–74: William Cunningham, provost [4]
- 1678 convention: Robert Doock, provost [5]
- 1681–82: James Boyll, provost [6]
- 1685–86: Robert Hunter, provost [7]
- 1689 (convention), 1689–1702, 1703–07: John Moore, provost [8]
References
edit- ^ a b Joseph Foster, Members of Parliament, Scotland (1882) p. 218.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 564.
- ^ a b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 564,568.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. pp. 575, 577, 579.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 582.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 584.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 586.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. pp. 589, 598.
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