Berwickshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Before the Act of Union 1707, the barons of the sheriffdom or shire of Berwick (also called the Merse) elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of Estates. During the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland the sheriffdom was represented by one Member of Parliament in the Protectorate Parliament at Westminster. After 1708, Berwickshire returned one member to the House of Commons of Great Britain and later to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

List of shire commissioners

• 1612: William Cockburn of Langton^[1]
• 1612, 1621: Robert Swinton of that Ilk^[2]
• 1625: James Cockburn of Ryslaw^[3]
• 1630: Sir Patrick Hume of Polwarth^[4]
• 1639, 1640–41, 1645–46, 1649–50: Sir David Home of Wedderburn^[5]
• Sir John Home of Blackadder^[6]
• 1640–41: Sir William Cockburn of Langton^[7]
• 1644–45: Sir Alexander Swinton of that Ilk^[8]
• 1649, 1650, 1654–55, 1656–58, 1659–60: John Swinton of that Ilk^[2]
• 1665, 1667, 1669–74: Sir Robert Sinclair of Longformacus^[9]
• 1665, 1667, 1669–74, 1689–90: Sir Patrick Hume of Polwarth^[4]
• 1678: Sir Roger Hog of Harcarse^[10]
• 1678, 1685–86, 1689–1702: Sir Archibald Cockburn of Langton^[7]
• 1685–86: Archibald Cockburn of Langton, yr^[7]
• 1690–1706: Sir John Home of Blackadder^[11]
• 1690–1702, 1702–07: Sir John Swinton of that Ilk^[2]
• 1703–07: Sir Robert Sinclair of Longformacus^[12]

References

See also

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