Brechin (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Brechin in Forfarshire was a burgh constituency that elected one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates.

After the Acts of Union 1707, Brechin, Aberdeen, Arbroath, Inverbervie and Montrose formed the Aberdeen district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of burgh commissioners

1661: George Steill, bailie 1665 convention: David Donaldson the elder, bailie 1667 convention: John Kinloch, merchant, bailie 1669–74: James Strachan 1678 convention, 1681–82: David Donaldson the younger, dean of guild 1685–86: Francis Mollyson, bailie 1689 convention, 1689–93: Henry Maule of Kellie (declared absent, 1693) 1693–1701, 1702–07: Francis Mollyson, dean of guild

References

See also List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union