Buteshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Before the Act of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Bute elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of Estates. After 1708, Buteshire and Caithness alternated in returning one member the House of Commons of Great Britain and later to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

List of shire commissioners

• 1644: Sir Robert Montgomery of Skelmorlie^[1]
• 1644–45: Sir James Stewart of Bute^[2]
• 1661–63, 1665, 1669–70: Sir Dugald Stewart of Bute^[2]
• 1685–86, 1689–93, 1702–03: Sir James Stewart (or Stuart) of Bute^[3]
• 1702–07: Robert Stewart of Tillicoultry^[4]

References

1. G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, vol. II (1902) p. 336.
2. Complete Baronetage, vol. II, p. 322.
3. Complete Baronetage, vol. II, pp. 322–323.
4. Complete Baronetage, vol. IV (1904) p. 447.

See also

• List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union