Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the stewartry of Orkney and lordship of Shetland (formerly spelled Zetland) elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of Estates. They were re-annexed to the Crown in 1669.

After 1708, Orkney and Shetland returned one member to the House of Commons of Great Britain and later to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

List of commissioners

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

References

  1. ^ a b G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, volume IV (1904) p. 444.
  2. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 574,581.
  3. ^ a b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 578.
  4. ^ Complete Baronetage, volume II (1902) p. 449.
  5. ^ a b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 588.
  6. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 595.
  7. ^ Complete Baronetage, volume IV, p. 355.
  8. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 601.

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