Montrose (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Montrose in Forfarshire was a burgh constituency that elected one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates.

At the time of the Acts of Union 1707, the commissioner for Montrose was chosen as one of the Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain. From the 1708 British general election, Montrose, Aberdeen, Arbroath, Brechin and Inverbervie formed the Aberdeen district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of burgh commissioners 1357: Richard of CadyockFoster, p. 43. and John ClerkFoster, p. 70. 1367: Eliseus Falconer and Thomas BlackRPS, 1367/9/1. Accessed 30 August 2014. 1504: George StirlingFoster, p. 336. 1543: John OgilvyFoster, p. 277. 1563, 1567, 1568: John Erskine of DunFoster, p. 127. 1568: the provost of Montrose,Foster, p. 257. James Mason (in the absence of the provost)Foster, p. 242. 1569 convention: John Erskine of Dun 1578 convention: — LeightonFoster, p. 211. 1579: George Petrie 1581: Robert Leighton 1583: James Mason 1587: Robert Leighton 1593: James WishartFoster, p. 359. 1597 convention: William MurrayFoster, p. 271. 1612: Patrick Leighton 1615–16: James MillFoster, p. 251. 1617 convention, 1617, 1621: William RamsayFoster, p. 293. 1625 convention, 1628–33: Robert Keith 1630 convention: Patrick Leighton 1639–40: Robert KeithFoster, p. 200. 1643–44 convention: Andrew GrayFoster, p. 163. 1644: Robert BeattieFoster, p. 25. 1645: Robert TailyourFoster, p. 341. 1645–47, 1648: James PedieFoster, p. 283. 1649: Andrew Gray or James MilneFoster, p. 252. 1651: Walter LyellFoster, p. 220. 1661: John RonnaldFoster, p. 298. 1665 convention, 1667 convention, 1669–74, 1678 convention: Robert Tailyour 1681–82: Robert Rennald 1685–86: James Mill, merchant, bailie 1689 (convention), 1689–1702: James MudieFoster, p. 259. 1702–7: James Scott of LogieFoster, p. 305.

References Joseph Foster, Members of Parliament, Scotland, 1882.

See also List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union