Whithorn (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

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

1661: William Houston 1662–63: James McCullogh 1665 convention: Alexander Donaldson, provost 1667 convention: John McKie, town clerk 1669–1674: Alexander McCulloch of Dromorell 1678 convention: David Garoch, merchant-burgess 1681–82, 1685–86: David Forrester, merchant-burgess 1689 convention, 1689–1702: Patrick Murdoch of Camlodden 1702–1707: John Clerk of PenicuikG. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, vol. IV (1904) p. 308.

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

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