Renfrew (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
Convention of Estates.
After the
Glasgow district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain
.
List of burgh commissioners
Renfrew was represented at meetings on 6 April 1478, 2 April 1481, 2 December 1482, 9 May 1485, 1 October 1487 and 6 October 1488, though the commissioners' names are unknown.
- 1579: John Spreull
- 1587: John Gilchrist of Sandford
- 1593: John Jackson
- 1612, 1617, 1621: William Somerville
- 1633, 1667: Robert Hall of Fulbar
- 1639–41, 1645–47, 1649: John Spreull
- 1640, 1644, 1661: Andrew Semple
- 1643, 1644: John Somerville
- 1645: James Lauder
- 1665 convention, 1678 convention: John Somerville of Townhead, provost
- 1667 convention, 1681, 1685–86: Robert Hall of Fulbar, provost
- 1669–74: Robert Pollock of Milburne
- 1689 (convention), 1689–95: William Cochrane of Kilmaronock
- 1698: Patrick Houston, provost (died c.1699)
- 1700–02: James Campbell of Burnbank and Boquhan
- 1702–07: Colin Campbell of Woodside[1]
References
Margaret D. Young ed., The Parliaments of Scotland: Burgh and Shire Commissioners, volume 2 (Edinburgh, 1993) p. 785.
See also