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Cullen (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
Cullen
in
Banffshire
was a
royal burgh
that returned one
commissioner
to the
Parliament of Scotland
and to the
Convention of Estates
.
The
Parliament
of Scotland ceased to
exist
with the
Act of Union 1707
, and the commissioner for Cullen,
Patrick Ogilvy
, was one of
those co-opted to represent Scotland
in the first
Parliament of Great Britain
. From the
1708 general election
Banff
, Cullen,
Elgin
,
Inverurie
and
Kintore
comprised the Elgin
district of burghs
, electing one
Member of Parliament
between them.
List of
burgh commissioners
1661:
George Dunbar
1663:
George Leslie
1665
convention
,
1667
convention: not represented
1669–72: __
Baird
1678 convention, 1685–86: George
Leslie
, bailie
1681–82, 1689 convention, 1689–1695:
Sir James Ogilvie
of that Ilk
1696–1702:
Sir John Hamilton
of Hallcraig
1702-1707: Patrick Ogilvy
