Campbeltown (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Campbeltown was a royal burgh that elected one Commissioner to the Estates of Scotland between 1700 and 1707.

Campbeltown in Kintyre was erected a royal burgh by charter of King William II on 19 April 1700, at the request of the Earl of Argyll.^[1]

The first and only Commissioner for the burgh was Mr Charles Campbell, who took his seat on 2 November 1700.^[2] He was Lord Argyll's brother, and represented the burgh from 1700 to 1702 and in the last Parliament from 1703 to 1707.^[3]

Following the Act of Union 1707, Campbeltown was represented in the Parliament of Great Britain as part of the Ayr district of burghs.

List of burgh commissioners

• 1700–02, 1702–07: Charles Campbell^[4]

See also

• List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union