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Kilrenny (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
Kilrenny
in
Fife
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
, Kilrenny,
Anstruther Easter
,
Anstruther Wester
,
Crail
and
Pittenweem
formed the
Anstruther
Easter
district of burghs
, returning one member between them to the
House of Commons of Great Britain
.
List of
burgh commissioners
1669–72:
Captain
Gideon Murray
, merchant-burgess
1672: Kilrenny renounced rights to representation but later allowed to
continue
1689
convention
, 1689–93: George Beaton, trader
1693–1701:
Alexander Stevenson
1702–07:
James Bethune
the younger of Balfour