During the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, called the Protectorate, the Scottish sheriffdoms of Sutherland, Ross and Cromarty were jointly represented by one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons at Westminster from 1654 until 1659.
List of Members of Parliament ParliamentDatesNameFirst Protectorate Parliament3 September 1654 – 22 January 1655vacant?Second Protectorate Parliament17 September 1656 – 4 February 1658Dr Thomas ClargesM. W. Helms and Leonard Naylor, CLARGES, Thomas (c.1618-95), of Westminster and Stoke Poges, Bucks. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690 (1983). Online version accessed 9 August 2014.Third Protectorate Parliament27 January 1650 – 22 April 1659Ralph KnightM. W. Helms and John. P. Ferris, KNIGHT, Ralph (c.1619-91), of Langold, Yorks. and Langwith, Notts. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690 (1983). Online version accessed 9 August 2014.
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