Peebles (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Peebles 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, Peebles, Lanark, Linlithgow and Selkirk formed the Lanark district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of burgh commissioners

1661–83, 1665 convention, 1667 convention: Alexander Williamson, provost 1669–70: John Plenderleith 1672–74: Alexander Williamson 1681–82: William Williamson, town clerk 1678: Gawin Thompson, provost 1689–1702: John Muir, merchant burgess 1702–07: Archibald Shiells, provost

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

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