Nairnshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Nairnshire was a constituency of the Parliament of Scotland before the Union with England in 1707. The barons of the shire or sheriffdom of Nairn elected two commissioners to represent them in the Parliament and in the Convention of Estates.

At the time of the Union Hugh Rose, commissioner for Nairnshire was chosen as one of the Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain. From 1708 Nairnshire elected one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons.

List of shire commissioners 1617, 1628–1633: John Dunbar of Moynes 1628–1633, 1630 convention: John Campbell of CalderFoster, p. 56. 1639–1641: James Grant of Moyness 1643 convention: Alexander Dunbar of BoathFoster, p. 108. 1646–1647, 1648: Hugh Rose of KilravockFoster, p. 298. 1646–1647, 1648: Alexander Brodie of LethenFoster, p. 34. 1661–1663: Sir Hugh Campbell of Calder, sheriffFoster, p. 53. 1661–63, 1667 convention: James Grant of Moynes Foster,p. 159. 1665 convention: Hugh Rose of Clava 1669–1674, 1678 convention, 1681–82: Sir Hugh Campbell of Calder 1678 (convention), 1681–1682: Duncan Forbes of Culloden 1685–1686: Hugh Rose of Kilravock 1685–1686, 1689 (convention), 1689–1693: Sir Hugh Campbell of Calder (expelled 1693) 1689 convention, 1689–1693: John Hay of Lochley (died c.1693) 1689: David Brodie of Lethen 1693–1702: George Brodie of AsliskFoster, p. 35. 1693–1695: Alexander Campbell of Calder (died c.1698) Foster, p. 44. 1700–1702, 1702–1707: Hugh Rose of KilravockROSE, Hugh I (1663-1732), of Kilravock, Nairn. at The History of Parliament Online. Accessed 1 August 2014. 1702–1703: Duncan Forbes of Culloden (died 1704)Foster, p. 138. 1704–1707: John Forbes of CullodenFORBES, John (c.1673-1734), of Culloden, Inverness. at The History of Parliament Online. Accessed 1 August 2014.

References Joseph Foster, Members of Parliament, Scotland, 1882. Margaret D. Young, The Parliaments of Scotland: Burgh and Shire Commissioners, 1993. Volume 2, p. 797.