Tain (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Tain in Ross-shire 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, Tain, Dingwall, Dornoch, Kirkwall and Wick formed the Tain district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of burgh commissioners

1661–63: Andrew Roe 1665 convention, 1669–70: Walter Ross, bailie 1672–74: Alexander Forrester of Edertaine, provost 1667 convention, 1678 convention, 1681–82, 1685–86: John Forrester, former bailie 1689 convention, 1689–1702: William Ross the younger of Easterfern 1702–07: Captain Daniel MacLeod

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

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