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Culross (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
Culross
in
Perthshire
was a
royal burgh
that returned one
commissioner
to the
Parliament of Scotland
and to the
Convention of Estates
.
The
Parliament
of Scotland ceased to
exist
with the
Act of Union 1707
, and the commissioner for Culross,
Sir David Dalrymple
, was one of
those co-opted to represent Scotland
in the first
Parliament of Great Britain
. From the
1708 general election
Culross,
Dunfermline
,
Inverkeithing
,
Stirling
, and
Queensferry
comprised the Stirling
district of burghs
, electing one
Member of Parliament
between them.
List of
burgh commissioners
1661–63, 1669–74, 1678
convention
, 1685–1686: Sir
Alexander Bruce
of
Broomhall
1665 convention:
William Pearson
, bailie
1667
convention:
David Mitchell
, bailie
1681–1682:
George Wilson
,
dean of guild
1689 convention, 1689-1697:
William Erskine
of Torry
1697–1702, 1702-1707:
Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet