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
edit- 1612: Arthur Rae[1]
- 1670: Robert Carnegie[2]
- 1672–74: Andrew Cuming[3]
- 1678: John Ayton[4]
- 1681–82: Alexander Man[5]
- 1685–86, 1689 (convention), 1689–1702: William Beattie, bailie[6]
- 1702–1707: Alexander Arbuthnott, after 1704 known as Alexander Maitland[7]
In 1707 Maitland was chosen to be one of the Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
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