John Short, of Glenfalloch, was a Scottish politician.
Biography
He was
provost
Provost may refer to:
Officials
Ecclesiastic
* Provost (religion), a high-ranking church official
* Prince-provost, a high-ranking church official
Government
* Provost (civil), an officer of local government, including the equivalent ...
of
Stirling
Stirling (; ; ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in Central Belt, central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town#Scotland, market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the roya ...
from 1644 to 1647 and from 1649 to 1652, and represented
the burgh in Parliament from 1646 to 1647 and from 1648 to 1651, and at Conventions of Burghs in 1649 and 1650. He died in 1652.
[Margaret D. Young, ''The Parliaments of Scotland: Burgh and Shire Commissioners'', volume 2 (Edinburgh, 1993) p. 636.]
References
1652 deaths
Provosts in Scotland
People from Stirling
Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1644–1647
Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1648–1651
Burgh Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland
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