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Dumfries (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

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Not to be confused with Dumfries (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Dumfries (dum-FREESS) 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, Dumfries, Annan, Kirkcudbright, Lochmaben and Sanquhar formed the Dumfries district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of burgh commissioners

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1661, 1665 convention, 1667 convention, 1669–74: John Irving, provost
1678 convention, 1681–82: William Craik, provost
1685–86: William Fingask, baillie (died 1686)
1686: John Sharp of Collistoun, councillor
1689 (convention), 1689–93: James Kennan (died c.1694)
1695–1702, 1702–07: Robert Johnstone, provost

References

Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. pp. 572, 575, 577, 579.
Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 582,584.
^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 586.
Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 593.
Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 599.

See also

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

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Constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland before the Act of Union 1707

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