Dumbartonshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Dumbarton elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates.

From 1708 Dumbartonshire was represented by one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of shire commissioners

• 1608: Aulay MacAulay of Ardincaple
• 1621: John Colquhoun of Luss^[1]
• 1628–33, 1645, 1649 and 1651: Sir Ludovic Houston of that Ilk^[2][3]
• 1639–41, 1648: Duncan Campbell of Carrick^[4]
• 1643–49: Sir Humphrey Colquhoun of Balvie^[5]
• 1650, 1661–63, 1665, 1667 and 1669–74: Sir John Colquhoun of Luss^[5]
• 1678 and 1681–82: Sir Patrick Houston of that Ilk^[2][3]
• 1703–07: Sir Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss^[5]

References

1. G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, vol. II (1902) pp. 293–294.
2. Complete Baronetage, vol. IV (1904) p. 268.
3. Joseph Foster, Members of Parliament, Scotland (1882) p. 189.
4. G. Harvey Johnston, The Heraldry of the Campbells, vol. II (1921) p. 23.
5. Complete Baronetage, vol. II, p. 294.

See also

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