Kinghorn (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Kinghorn in Fife 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, Kinghorn, Burntisland, Dysart and Kirkcaldy formed the Dysart district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of burgh commissioners

1661: Robert Cunningham, bailie 1665 convention: not represented 1667 convention: James Wood 1678 (convention): John Bruce of Wester Abden, bailie 1681–82, 1685–1686: Robert Bruce, merchant, bailie 1689 (convention), 1689–1702: Patrick Wallace, bailie 1702–1705: James Melvill of Halhill (died c.1705) 1706-1707: Patrick Moncreiff

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

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