Clackmannanshire

Before the Act of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Clackmannan elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of Estates. After 1708, Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire alternated in returning one member to the House of Commons of Great Britain and later to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. List of shire commissioners 1617: Robert Bruce, laird of Clackmannan 1639-1641: Sir Thomas Hope of Kerse 1639-1640: Sir Alexander Shaw of Sauchie; elected to serve in Hope's absence as necessary 1644 (convention): — Stewart, laird of Rosyth 1644: Sir Charles Erskine of Bandeath 1648: Robert Meldrum of Tillibody 1649-1650: Sir Charles Erskine of Bandeath 1650-1651: Sir Andrew Rollo, laird of Duncrub During the Protectorate, Linlithgowshire, Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire jointly returned one member to the Commonwealth Parliament. 1654-1655: Thomas Read 1656-1658: Godfrey Rodes 1659-1660: Adrian Scrope 1661-1663: Sir Henry Bruce of Clackmannan 1665 (convention): Sir Charles Erskine of Alva and Cambuskenneth 1667 (convention): Sir Henry Bruce of Clackmannan 1667 (convention): Sir Charles Erskine of Alva and Cambuskenneth 1669-1674: Sir Henry Bruce of Clackmannan 1678 (convention): David Bruce of Clackmannan 1681-1682: Sir William Sharp of Tullibodie 1685-1686: David Bruce of Clackmannan 1689 (convention): David Bruce of Clackmannan 1689: David Bruce of Clackmannan (seat declared vacant 28 April 1693 as he had not signed the assurance; vacant again 21 May 1700 as he had not signed the Association) 1700-1702: Sir John Erskine of Alva 1703-1707: Alexander Abercromby of Tullibody References Joseph Foster, Members of Parliament, Scotland, 1882.