Aberdeenshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Aberdeen elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates.

From 1708 Aberdeenshire was represented by one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of shire commissioners

• 1612–17: Alexander Gordon of Cluny^[1]
• 1639–41, 1644, 1645–46: Sir William Forbes of Craigievar and Fintray^[2]
• 1643, 1648, 1661–63: Sir Alexander Fraser of Philorth^[3]
• 1665, 1667: Sir John Baird of Newbyth^[4]
• 1669–74, 1678, 1681–82: Sir George Gordon of Haddo^[5]
• 1681–82, 1685–86: Sir Alexander Seton of Pitmedden^[6]
• 1685–86: Sir Charles Maitland of Pittrichie^[7]
• 1689, 1689–1702: Sir John Forbes of Craigievar and Fintray^[2]
• 1693–98, 1700–01: Sir Samuel Forbes of Foveran^[8]
• 1693–1702: Sir James Elphinstone of Logie^[9]
• 1702–07: Sir William Seton of Pitmedden^[10]

References

See also

• List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union