Anstruther_Wester_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)

Anstruther Wester (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Anstruther Wester (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Constituency of the Old Parliament of Scotland

Anstruther Wester in Fife was a royal burgh, created in 1587, that returned one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates.

After the Acts of Union 1707, Anstruther Wester, Anstruther Easter, Crail, Kilrenny and Pittenweem formed the Anstruther Easter district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of burgh commissioners

  • 1661: Thomas Watson, councillor [1]
  • 1665 convention: Peter Oliphant the younger, bailie [2]
  • 1672–1690 not eligible as a non-Royal Burgh
  • 1689 convention, 1689–1701: Robert Clelland [3]
  • 1702–07: Sir Robert Anstruther of Wrae and Balcaskie[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 573.
  2. [2]
    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 577.
  3. [3]
    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 593.
  4. [4]
    G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, vol. IV (1904) p. 366.

See also

Flag of ScotlandHourglass icon  

This Scottish history-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article related to the politics of Scotland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This former constituency in the United Kingdom or its predecessor states article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Anstruther_Wester_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.