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Before the
Acts of Union 1707 The Acts of Union refer to two acts of Parliament, one by the Parliament of Scotland in March 1707, followed shortly thereafter by an equivalent act of the Parliament of England. They put into effect the international Treaty of Union agree ...
, the
baron Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often Hereditary title, hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than ...
s of the shire of Lanark elected
commissioner A commissioner (commonly abbreviated as Comm'r) is, in principle, a member of a commission or an individual who has been given a commission (official charge or authority to do something). In practice, the title of commissioner has evolved to incl ...
s to represent them in the unicameral
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and in the Convention of the Estates. The number of commissioners was increased from two to four in 1690. From 1708
Lanarkshire Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark (; ), is a Counties of Scotland, historic county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area and registration county in the Central Lowlands and Southern Uplands of Scotland. The county is no l ...
was represented by one Member of Parliament in the
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.


List of shire commissioners


See also

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List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union is a list of the constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland (the Estates of Scotland) during the period shortly before the Union between the Kingdom of Scotland and ...


References

*''Return of Members of Parliament''
Part II
(1879) pp. 550–600. Constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland (to 1707) Constituencies disestablished in 1707 1707 disestablishments in Scotland Politics of Lanarkshire {{UK-hist-constituency-stub