Roxburghshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Roxburgh (also called Teviotdale) elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates.

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

List of shire commissioners

• 1617 and 1621: Andrew Riddell of Riddell^[1]
• 1628–33, 1646–47, 1650: Sir Walter Riddell of Riddell^[1]
• 1639–41: Robert Pringle of Stichell^[2]
• 1645, 1648–49, 1659: Sir Andrew Kerr of Greenhead^[3]
• 1661–63, 1667, 1669–74: Sir Gilbert Eliott of Stobs^[4]
• 1669–74: Sir Andrew Kerr of Greenhead^[3]
• 1678, 1681–82: Robert Pringle of Stichell^[5]
• 1685–86, 1689–93: Patrick Scott of Ancrum^[6]
• 1685–86, 1702–07: Sir William Kerr of Greenhead^[3]
• 1689–1693: Sir William Eliott of Stobs^[4]
• 1693–1702, 1702–07: Sir William Bennet of Grubbet^[7]
• 1690–1700: Sir John Riddell of Riddell^[1]
• 1702–07: Sir Gilbert Elliot of Minto^[8]

References

See also

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