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Inverbervie (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
Inverbervie
in
Kincardineshire
was a
royal burgh
that elected one
commissioner
to the
Parliament of Scotland
and to the
Convention of Estates
.
After the
Acts of Union 1707
, Inverbervie,
Aberdeen
,
Arbroath
,
Brechin
and
Montrose
formed the Aberdeen
district of burghs
, returning one member between them to the
House of Commons of Great Britain
.
List of
burgh commissioners
1612:
Arthur Rae
1670:
Robert Carnegie
1672–74: Andrew Cuming
1678:
John Ayton
1681–82: Alexander Man
1685–86, 1689, 1689–1702:
William Beattie
, bailie
1702–1707:
Alexander Arbuthnott
, after 1704 known as
Alexander Maitland
In 1707 Maitland was
chosen
to be one of the
Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain
.