Rothesay (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Rothesay in Buteshire 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, Rothesay, Ayr, Campbeltown, Inveraray, and Irvine formed the Ayr district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of burgh commissioners

1661: Adam Stewart 1665 convention, 1667 convention: no representation 1669–74: John Stewart of Askoge, advocate 1678 convention: Robert Stuart 1681–82, 1685–86: Cuthbert Stuart, provost 1689 convention, 1689–93: Robert Stewart of Tillicoultry, advocate G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, vol. iv (1904) p. 447. 1693–1701: Robert Stewart, writer in Edinburgh 1702–07: Dougald Stewart of Blairhall

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

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