Inverbervie (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Inverbervie (formerly just Bervie) 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^[1]
1670: Robert Carnegie^[2]
1672–4: Andrew Cuming^[3]
1678: John Ayton^[4]
1681–2: Alexander Man^[5]
1685–1702: William Beattie^[6]
1702–1707: Alexander Arbuthnott, later (1704) Maitland^[7]

In 1707 Maitland was chosen to be one of the Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain.

References

Joseph Foster, Members of Parliament, Scotland, 1882.

↑ Foster, p. 291.
↑ Foster, p. 66.
↑ Foster, p. 84.
↑ Foster, p. 18.
↑ Foster, p. 240.
↑ Foster, p. 25.
↑ MAITLAND, alias ARBUTHNOTT, Hon. Alexander (d. 1721), of Pittrichie, Aberdeen. in The History of Parliament online. Accessed 10 September 2014.

See also

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

Constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland before the Act of Union 1707

Burghs	Aberdeen Annan Anstruther Easter Anstruther Wester Arbroath Auchterarder Ayr Banff Berwick Brechin Burntisland Campbeltown Crail Cromarty Cullen Culross Cupar Dingwall Dornoch Dumbarton Dumfries Dunbar Dundee Dunfermline Dysart Edinburgh Elgin Forfar Forres Fortrose Glasgow Haddington Inveraray Inverbervie Inverkeithing Inverness Inverurie Irvine Jedburgh Kilrenny Kinghorn Kintore Kirkcaldy Kirkcudbright Kirkwall Lanark Lauder Linlithgow Lochmaben Montrose Nairn New Galloway North Berwick Peebles Perth Pittenweem Queensferry Renfrew Rothesay Rutherglen St Andrews Sanquhar Selkirk Stirling Stranraer Tain Whithorn Wick Wigtown

Shires	Aberdeen Argyll Ayr Banff Berwick Bute Caithness Clackmannan Cromarty Dumfries Dunbarton Edinburgh Elgin and Forres Fife Forfar Haddington Inverness Kincardine Kinross Kirkcudbright Lanark Linlithgow Nairn Orkney and Shetland Peebles Perth Renfrew Ross Roxburgh Selkirk Stirling Sutherland Tarbert Wigtown

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