Dunbar (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Dunbar in Haddingtonshire 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, Dunbar, North Berwick, Haddington, Jedburgh and Lauder formed the Haddington district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of burgh commissioners

1661–63, 1665 convention, 1667 convention, 1669–74: James Lauder, merchant-burgess 1678 convention: James Kellie, merchant, bailie 1681–82: James Hamilton, merchant, bailie 1685–96, 1689 convention, 1689–90: James Smith, merchant (expelled) 1693–1701: Robert Fall, bailie 1702–07: Robert Kellie, bailie

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

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