Lanarkshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Lanark elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates. The number of commissioners was increased from two to four in 1690.

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

List of shire commissioners

Parliament or Convention	Commissioners
Parliament 12–13 October 1612	Sir William Baillie of Lamington		Sir John Hamilton of Lettrick
Convention 7 March 1617	Maxwell of Calderwood
Parliament 27 May–28 June 1617	Sir John Hamilton of Lettrick		Maxwell of Calderwood
Convention 25–26 January 1621	none
Parliament 1 June–4 August 1621	Maxwell of Calderwood		Sir John Hamilton of Lettrick
Convention 27 October–2 November 1625	Hamilton of Lettrick		Hamilton of Goslingtoun
Parliament 15 September 1628 – 28 June 1633	Sir James Lockhart, yr of Lee		Gavin Hamilton of Raploch
Convention 28 July–7 August 1630	Gavin Hamilton of Raploch		Sir James Lockhart, yr of Lee
Parliament 15 May 1639 – 17 November 1641
Convention 22 June 1643 – 3 June 1644
Parliament 4 June 1644 – 27 March 1647
Parliament 2 March 1648 – 6 June 1651
During the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, the sheriffdom of Lanark was represented by one Member of Parliament in the Protectorate Parliament at Westminster.
Parliament 3 September 1654 – 22 January 1655	William Lockhart
Parliament 17 September 1656 – 4 February 1658
Parliament 27 January–22 April 1659
After the Restoration, the Parliament of Scotland was again summoned to meet in Edinburgh.
Parliament 1 January 1661 – 9 October 1663	Sir James Lockhart of Lee		Sir Robert Hamilton, 1st Baronet of Silvertonhill
Convention 2–4 August 1665			Gavin Hamilton of Roploch
Convention 9–23 January 1667
Parliament 19 October 1669 – 3 March 1674			John Harper of Cambusnethan
	Sir William Lockhart (from 1672)
Convention 26 June–11 July 1678	Cromwell Lockhart of Lee		Maj. Sir Robert Hamilton, 2nd Baronet of Silvertonhill
Parliament 28 July 1681 – 1 March 1682			Sir George Lockhart of Braidwood
Parliament 23 April 1685 – 15 June 1686	Sir George Lockhart, now of Carnwath		Cromwell Lockhart of Lee
Convention 14 March–24 May 1689	William Baillie of Lamington		Sir Daniel Carmichael of Maudslie
Parliament 5 June 1689 – 30 June 1702
	By Act of Parliament 14 June 1690, the shire of Lanark was allocated two additional Commissioners.
	William Baillie of Lamington	Sir Daniel Carmichael of Maudslie	Sir William Denham of Westshield	James Hamilton of Aikenhead
		Sir John Lockhart of Castlehill (from 1693)
		Richard Lockhart of Lee (from 1695)
		Sir William Stuart of Castlemilk (from 1696)
Parliament 12 November 1702 – 25 March 1707		George Baillie of Jerviswood	John Sinclair, yr of Stevenson

See also

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

References

• Return of Members of Parliament, Part II (1879) pp. 550–600.