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

List of burgh commissioners

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2014)

References

  1. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 572.
  2. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 575.
  3. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 577,579.
  4. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 579.
  5. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 582,586.
  6. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 584.
  7. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 592.
  8. ^ G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, vol. IV (1904) p. 401.

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