New Galloway (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

New Galloway was a royal burgh that elected one Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland before 1707.

Constituency

New Galloway in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright was made a royal burgh by charter of Charles I in 1630, and this was confirmed by Act of Parliament in 1633.^[1]

Burgh Commissioners

• 1633-1644: Robert Gordon of Knockbrex^[2]
• 1661–1663, 1667 convention, 1669–1674: Robert Dickson of Bughtrig^[3]
• 1685-1686: Robert Alexander, merchant^[4]
• 1689 convention, 1689-1690: James Gordon of Craichlaw (died 1690)^[5]
• 1690-1702: Hugh Dalrymple of North Berwick^[6]
• 1703-1707: George Home of Whitfield^[7]

See also

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

References

Joseph Foster, Members of Parliament, Scotland (London and Aylesbury, 1882)

1. The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2011), 1633/6/112. Date accessed: 19 November 2011.
2. Foster, p. 153
3. Foster, p. 97
4. Foster, p. 10
5. Foster, p. 152
6. Foster, p. 90
7. Foster, p. 181