Cromarty Cromarty (; , ) is a town, civil parishes in Scotland, civil parish and former royal burgh in Ross and Cromarty, in the Highland (council area), Highland area of Scotland. Situated at the tip of the Black Isle on the southern shore of the mout ...

was a

royal burgh A royal burgh ( ) was a type of Scottish burgh which had been founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter. Although abolished by law in 1975, the term is still used by many former royal burghs. Most royal burghs were either created by ...

that returned one

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to the

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and to the

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. A royal burgh since 1264, Cromarty had a new charter on 4 July 1593, but this was not enrolled by Parliament until 1661. The right of representation was relinquished in 1672.

List of burgh commissioners

* 1661–63: Alexander Clunes * 1665 convention: Alexander Gibson *''1667 convention: no representation'' * 1669–70: Thomas Urquhart *''1672: representation relinquished''

References

* Margaret D. Young, ''The Parliaments of Scotland: Burgh and Shire Commissioners'', volume 2 (1993) Appendix 2, page 771. {{Authority control Constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland (to 1707) Politics of the county of Cromarty History of the Scottish Highlands Constituencies established in 1661 Constituencies disestablished in 1672 1661 establishments in Scotland 1672 disestablishments in Scotland

List of burgh commissioners

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