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North Berwick (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

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North Berwick in Haddingtonshire 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, North Berwick, Dunbar, Haddington, Jedburgh and Lauder formed the Haddington district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of burgh commissioners

  • 1639–45: George Home of Wedderburn
  • 1669–74: Sir Andrew Ramsay of Abbotshall
  • 1689–98: Sir Thomas Stewart of Coltness
  • 1698–1702: Sir Robert Stewart of Allanbank
  • 1702–07: Sir Hew Dalrymple of North Berwick
  • References

    North Berwick (Parliament of Scotland constituency) Wikipedia