Whithorn (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
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Whithorn in Wigtownshire was a royal burgh that returned one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates.
After the Acts of Union 1707, Whithorn, New Galloway, Stranraer and Wigtown formed the Wigtown district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.
List of burgh commissioners
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- 1661: William Houston {{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2|page=574}}
- 1662–63: James McCullogh
- 1665 convention: Alexander Donaldson, provost {{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2|page=576}}
- 1667 convention: John McKie, town clerk {{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2|page=578}}
- 1669–74: Alexander McCulloch of Dromorell {{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2|page=581}}
- 1678 convention: David Garoch, merchant-burgess {{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2|page=583}}
- 1681–82, 1685–86: David Forrester, merchant-burgess {{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2|page=585,588}}
- 1689 convention, 1689–1702: Patrick Murdoch of Camlodden {{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2|page=590,597}}
- 1702–07: John Clerk of PenicuikG. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, vol. IV (1904) [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092524408#page/n327/mode/1up p. 308].
See also
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