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Inverness-shire: 50: 1: Fraser, Gordon, Grant: Inverness was a large county and difficult to control, particularly since the Fraser clan created many "parchment" voters to support their claims. From 1802, however, the Tory Grants dominated the county. Retained one seat Kincardineshire: 40: 4: Adam, Drummond, Irvine
Before the Act of Union 1707, the barons of the constabulary of Haddington (now called East Lothian) elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of Estates. The number of commissioners was increased from two to four in 1690.
Berwick and Haddington was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918, ... 500 2.6 N/A: Turnout: 19,906 60.1 +11.5
The North Coast 500 is a 516-mile (830 km) scenic route around the north coast of Scotland, starting and ending at Inverness Castle. [1] The route is also known as the NC500 and was launched in 2015, linking many features in the north Highlands of Scotland in one touring route.
The Ordnance Survey Great Britain County Series maps were produced from the 1840s to the 1890s by the Ordnance Survey, with revisions published until the 1940s.The series mapped the counties of Great Britain at both a six inch and twenty-five inch scale with accompanying acreage and land use information.
Inverness was a burgh constituency that elected one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates. After the Acts of Union 1707 , Inverness, Forres , Fortrose and Nairn formed the Inverness district of burghs , returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain .
Haddington 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 , Haddington, North Berwick , Dunbar , Jedburgh and Lauder formed the Haddington district of burghs , returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain .
Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Inverness elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates. From 1708 Inverness-shire was represented by one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Great Britain .