Wick (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Wick in Caithness 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, Wick, Dingwall, Dornoch, Kirkwall and Tain formed the Tain district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of burgh commissioners

1661: William McBaith, merchant-burgessFoster, p. 223. 1665 convention, 1667 convention, 1669–74: no representation 1678 convention, 1681–82, 1685–86: Alexander Manson, merchant, bailieFoster, p. 241. 1690–1701: Sir Archibald SinclairG. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, vol. III (1903) p. 351. 1702–07: Robert FraserFoster, p. 144.

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

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