Dundee (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Dundee in Forfarshire was a royal burgh that returned one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates.

After the Acts of Union 1707, Dundee, Cupar, Forfar, Perth and St Andrews formed the Perth district of burghs (sometimes called Forfar Burghs), returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of burgh commissioners

1643 (convention): Thomas Mudie 1643 (convention): Robert Davidson 1643 (convention): George Brown 1644: Thomas Haliburton 1645: James Sympson 1645–47, 1648–51, 1661–63: Alexander Wedderburn of Kingany, provost 1649, 1651: Robert Davidson 1650-51: Alexander Bower 1665 (convention): George Fletcher, dean of guild 1667 (convention): John Kinloch, merchant, bailie 1669–1674: George Forrester, merchant-burgess, councillor 1678 (convention): Alexander Wedderburn, provost 1681–82, 1702, 1702–07: John Scrymgeour of Kirktoun, provost 1685–86, 1689 (convention), 1689–1701: James Fletcher, provost (died c.1701)

References

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