Ross-shire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Ross elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates.
From 1708 Ross-shire was represented by one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Great Britain.
List of shire commissioners
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- 1649–50: Robert Munro of Obsdaill[1]
During the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, the sheriffdoms of Sutherland, Ross and Cromarty were jointly represented by one Member of Parliament in the Protectorate Parliament at Westminster. After the Restoration, the Parliament of Scotland was again summoned to meet in Edinburgh.
- 1661–63, 1678, 1681–82: Sir George Mackenzie of Tarbat and Cromarty
- 1689–97: Sir John Munro of Foulis[1]
- 1692–1702: Sir Alexander Mackenzie of Coul[2]
- 1697–1701: Sir Robert Munro of Foulis[1]
- 1702–04: Sir Kenneth Mackenzie of Gairloch[3]
- 1702–07: Sir Kenneth Mackenzie of Scatwell[4]
- 1704–07: George Mackenzie of Cromarty and Grandvale[5]
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