Scottish Members of Parliament: 1659

Casada, James A.

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“…Historians of this period have concluded that there was a lack of adequate representation of Scotland, and Scottish interests generally, at meetings with institutions of the Commonwealth and Protectorate Governments. 166 However, the council registers indicate that the local officials in Aberdeen were in frequent contact with central authorities and government throughout the interregnum period. 167 Indeed, there is clear evidence that the council took particular care to ensure representation of the burgh's interests before the interregnum parliaments as well as a continued presence at the Convention of the Burghs.…”

Section: Election Of Commissionersmentioning

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Elections and Local Governance in Early Modern Aberdeen

Dropuljic¹,

Wilson²

2020

Miscellany VIII

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This article examines the framework for burgh council elections in early modern Aberdeen. It first reconstructs the sequence of events which led to two arbitral decrees in 1592 and 1596, which together set down the framework for election in Aberdeen; transcripts and translations of both decrees are provided. The article then explores the extent to which that process of election was interrupted in the subsequent decades, and in particular during the interregnum period (1651 to 1660). The article also considers the election of those commissioners who represented the burgh at meetings of national institutions. Throughout, the article shows the extent to which Aberdeen’s local elections were variously informed by and consistent with national trends observed in other Scottish burghs and interregnum governmental policies.

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Section: Election Of Commissionersmentioning

confidence: 99%