Pittenweem (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Pittenweem in Fife was a royal burgh that returned one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates.

After the Acts of Union 1707, Pittenweem, Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Crail and Kilrenny formed the Anstruther Easter district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of burgh commissioners

1662-63: Thomas Swinton [1]
1665 convention, 1681–82: George Russel, councillor [2]
1669–74: Harry Wilkie [3]
1678 (convention): John Myrton, bailie [4]
1685–86: James Cook, bailie
1689 (convention), 1689–1701: George Smyth of Giblistoun [5]
1702–07: George Smyth the younger of Giblistoun[6]

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See also

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

References

Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 573.
Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 575,584.
Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 580.
Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 583.
Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 594.
Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 600.

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

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