Parliamentary constituency to 1707
Before the Act of Union 1707 , the barons of the shire of Clackmannan elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of Estates . After 1708, Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire alternated in returning one member to the House of Commons of Great Britain and later to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom .
List of shire commissioners [ edit ]
1617: Robert Bruce, laird of Clackmannan[ 1]
1639-1641: Sir Thomas Hope of Kerse [ 2]
1639-1640: Sir Alexander Shaw of Sauchie; elected to serve in Hope's absence as necessary[ 2] [ 3]
1644 (convention): โ Stewart, laird of Rosyth [ 4]
1644: Sir Charles Erskine of Bandeath[ 5]
1648: Robert Meldrum of Tillibody[ 6]
1649-1650: Sir Charles Erskine of Bandeath[ 5]
1650-1651: Sir Andrew Rollo , laird of Duncrub[ 7]
During the Protectorate , Linlithgowshire, Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire jointly returned one member to the Commonwealth Parliament.
1661-1663: Sir Henry Bruce of Clackmannan[ 10]
1665 (convention): Sir Charles Erskine of Alva and Cambuskenneth[ 11] [ 12]
1667 (convention): Sir Henry Bruce of Clackmannan[ 10]
1667 (convention): Sir Charles Erskine of Alva and Cambuskenneth[ 11] [ 12]
1669-1674: Sir Henry Bruce of Clackmannan[ 10]
1678 (convention): David Bruce of Clackmannan[ 13]
1681-1682: Sir William Sharp of Tullibodie[ 14] [ 15]
1685-1686: David Bruce of Clackmannan[ 13]
1689 (convention) : David Bruce of Clackmannan [ 13]
1689: David Bruce of Clackmannan (seat declared vacant 28 April 1693 as he had not signed the assurance; vacant again 21 May 1700 as he had not signed the Association )[ 13]
1700-1702: Sir John Erskine of Alva[ 16] [ 17]
1703-1707: Alexander Abercromby of Tullibody[ 18]
Joseph Foster , Members of Parliament, Scotland , 1882.
^ Foster, p. 40 .
^ a b Foster, p. 188 .
^ Foster, p. 313 .
^ Foster, p. 321 .
^ a b Foster, p. 125 .
^ Foster, p. 247 .
^ a b Foster, p. 297 .
^ Foster, p. 294 .
^ Foster, p. 309 .
^ a b c Foster, p. 39 .
^ a b Foster, p. 126 .
^ a b G. E. C. , The Complete Baronetage , volume IV (1904) pp. 250โ251 .
^ a b c d Foster, p. 38 .
^ Foster, p. 312 .
^ Complete Baronetage , vol. IV, pp. 321 โ322 .
^ Foster, p. 127 .
^ Complete Baronetage , vol. IV, p. 251 .
^ Foster, p. 2 .
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