Peeblesshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Peebles elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates.

From 1708 Peeblesshire was represented by one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of shire commissioners

1608 and 1609: Sir John Murray of BlackbaronyG. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, vol. II (1902) p. 352. 1617 and 1625: Sir Archibald Murray of Blackbarony 1621–25: Sir John Stewart of Traquair 1628–33: John Hay of Smithfield, Esquire of the Body 1628–33: 1630 convention: James Naismith of Posso 1630 convention, 1643, 1644–45, 1648: Laird of Dawick (Veitch) 1639–41: Sir Alexander Murray of BlackbaronyComplete Baronetage, vol. II, p. 353. 1639–41, 1644–45: David Murray of Stanehopes 1643: Sir James Hay of SmithfieldComplete Baronetage, vol. II, p. 412. 1645, 1648: Laird of Prestongrange (Morison) 1649-50: John Dickson of Hartrie, Senator of College of Justice 1649–51: Sir James Murray of Skirling 1661–63, 1665 convention, 1667 convention: Sir William Murray of Stanhope and BroughtonComplete Baronetage, vol. III (1903) p. 342. 1661–63, 1665 convention, 1667 convention, 1669–74, 1678 convention, 1681–82, 1685–86, 1689 convention, 1689–98: Sir Archibald Murray of Blackbarony (died c.1700) 1678 convention: John Veitch the younger of Dawick 1681–82, 1689 convention, 1689–93: Sir David Murray of Stanhope and Broughton (expelled 1693) 1685–86: James Douglas of Skirling 1693–98: Alexander Murray of Halmyre 1700–02: Sir Alexander Murray of Blackbarony 1702-07: William Morison of Prestoungrange 1702-07: Alexander Horseburgh of that Ilk

References

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