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Lanarkshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

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

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

List of shire commissioners

  • 1661–63: Sir Robert Hamilton of Silvertonhill
  • 1678: Sir Robert Hamilton of Silvertonhill
  • 1690–1702: Sir William Denham of Westshield
  • 1696–1702: Sir William Stewart of Castlemilk
  • 1702–07: Sir John Sinclair of Stevenson

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