Buteshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)

Buteshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Buteshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Constituency of the Old Parliament of Scotland

Before the Act of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Bute elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of Estates. After 1708, Buteshire and Caithness alternated in returning one member the House of Commons of Great Britain and later to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

List of shire commissioners

References

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    G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, vol. II (1902) p. 336.
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    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 565.
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    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 568.
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    Complete Baronetage, vol. II,p. 322.
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    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 577,579,582,584.
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    Burke, John (1832). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. H. Colburn and R. Bentley. p. 511. Retrieved 14 March 2017. 1681, John Boyle of Kelburn Bute.
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    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 592.
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    Complete Baronetage, vol. II, pp. 322–323.
  9. [9]
    Complete Baronetage, vol. IV (1904) p. 447.
  10. [10]
    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 598.

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