Kirkwall (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Kirkwall in Orkney 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, Kirkwall, Dingwall, Dornoch, Tain and Wick formed the Tain district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of burgh commissioners

1669–74: James Moncreiff, merchant-burgess 1681–82, 1685–86: David Craigie of Over-Sanday 1689 convention, 1690–?93: George Traill of Quendel 1698–1702: Sir Alexander Home 1702–07: Robert Douglas

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

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