List of members of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain
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This is a list of members of the First Parliament of Great Britain (1707-1708). No election was held for the 1st Parliament of Great Britain
, its members being appointed from the Parliament of England
and the Parliament of Scotland
.
1st Parliament of Great Britain
The first Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain was established in 1707, after the merger of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland. No fresh elections were held in England, and the existing members of the House of Commons of England sat as members of the new House of Commons of...
, its members being appointed from the Parliament of England
Parliament of England
The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England. In 1066, William of Normandy introduced a feudal system, by which he sought the advice of a council of tenants-in-chief and ecclesiastics before making laws...
and the Parliament of Scotland
Parliament of Scotland
The Parliament of Scotland, officially the Estates of Parliament, was the legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland. The unicameral parliament of Scotland is first found on record during the early 13th century, with the first meeting for which a primary source survives at...
.
MPs from Scotland and Wales
| Member | Party | Constituency |
| Alexander Abercromby | Court | Scotland 1 |
| George Allardice | Court | Scotland 2 |
| Sir John Aubrey, 3rd Baronet Sir John Aubrey, 3rd Baronet Sir John Aubrey, 3rd Baronet was a British politician and baronet.-Background:He was the son of Sir John Aubrey, 2nd Baronet and his first wife Margaret Lowther, daughter of Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet. In 1700, Aubrey succeeded his father as baronet... |
None | Cardiff Boroughs |
| George Baillie | Squadrone Squadrone Volante (Scotland) Squadrone Volante was the name of a political grouping in Scotland around 1700, under the leadership of the deposed Lord High Commissioner the Marquess of Tweeddale, which was influential in passing the Act of Union with England in 1707.Although the actual grouping pre-dated 1705, it received the... |
Scotland 3 |
| William Bennet | Court | Scotland 4 |
| Henry Bertie Henry Bertie (proprietor) Henry Bertie , English politician, was the third son of James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon and his wife Eleanora Lee.... |
None | Beaumaris Boroughs |
| Sir John Bruce, 2nd Baronet Sir John Bruce, 2nd Baronet Sir John Bruce, 2nd Baronet was the son of William Bruce, the famous architect, and a Member of Parliament.John married Christian Leslie, widow of the Marquess of Montrose and daughter of the Duke of Rothes... |
Squadrone | Scotland 5 |
| Richard Bulkeley, 3rd Viscount Bulkeley | Tory | Anglesey |
| Thomas Bulkeley | None | Caernarvon Boroughs |
| Sir Thomas Burnett, 3rd Baronet Sir Thomas Burnett, 3rd Baronet Sir Thomas Burnett of Leys, 3rd Baronet, , Lord Clerk Register, PC, MP. He was, at Stonehaven, 21 April 1664, retoured as heir to his father, Sir Alexander Burnett, 2nd Baronet who had died the previous year... |
Court | Scotland 6 |
| Daniel Campbell Daniel Campbell (d. 1753) Daniel Campbell , or Donald Campbell, of Shawfield and Islay, was a leading Glasgow merchant and member of parliament, nicknamed “Great Daniel” because of his size and great wealth.-Dates:... |
Court | Scotland 7 |
| Sir James Campbell, 2nd Baronet | Court | Scotland 8 |
| James Campbell | Court | Scotland 9 |
| Hon. John Campbell | Court | Scotland 10 |
| John Clerk | Court | Scotland 11 |
| John Cockburn John Cockburn (Scottish politician) John Cockburn of Ormiston, East Lothian, was a Scottish politician, the son of Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Justice Clerk. He is also known as the father of Scottish husbandry.... |
Squadrone | Scotland 12 |
| Sir John Conway | None | Flintshire Flintshire (UK Parliament constituency) Flintshire was a parliamentary constituency in North-East Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election.- Boundaries :... |
| Hon. Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet Sir David Dalrymple of Hailes, 1st Baronet was a Scottish and British politician, Lord Advocate of Scotland, and eventually Auditor of the Exchequer in Scotland.... |
Court | Scotland 13 |
| Hon. William Dalrymple | Court | Scotland 14 |
| Sir Alexander Douglas | Court | Scotland 15 |
| Archibald Douglas Archibald Douglas (d. 1741) Archibald Douglas 13th of Cavers came from an ancient Roxburghshire family with a strong Covenanting tradition. He was theheritable sheriff of Teviotdale, Roxburghshire and sat in the 1st Parliament of Great Britain in 1707-8... |
Court | Scotland 16 |
| Sir John Erskine, 3rd Baronet | Squadrone | Scotland 17 |
| John Erskine | Court | Scotland 18 |
| Mungo Graham | Squadrone | Scotland 19 |
| Alexander Grant | Court | Scotland 20 |
| John Haldane | Squadrone | Scotland 21 |
| Sir Peter Halkett, 1st Baronet | Squadrone | Scotland 22 |
| James Halyburton | Squadrone | Scotland 23 |
| Robert Harley Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer KG was a British politician and statesman of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods. He began his career as a Whig, before defecting to a new Tory Ministry. Between 1711 and 1714 he served as First Lord of the Treasury, effectively Queen... |
None | Radnor Boroughs |
| Thomas Harley Thomas Harley (of Kinsham) Thomas Harley was a British politician, an ally of his cousin Robert Harley.He was the eldest surviving son of Thomas Harley, of Kinsham Court, and his wife Abigail Saltonstall Thomas Harley (c.1667 – 1738) was a British politician, an ally of his cousin Robert Harley.He was the eldest surviving... |
None | Radnorshire Radnorshire (UK Parliament constituency) Radnorshire was created in 1542 as a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918... |
| Hon. Sir Andrew Hume | Squadrone | Scotland 24 |
| Sir Jeffrey Jeffreys | None | Brecon Brecon (UK Parliament constituency) Brecon was a parliamentary constituency in Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessors, from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1885 general election.-Boundaries:... |
| Sir John Johnstone, 1st Baronet | Court | Scotland 25 |
| Sir Patrick Johnstone | Court | Scotland 26 |
| Sir William Kerr, 3rd Baronet | Squadrone | Scotland 27 |
| John Laugharne | None | Haverfordwest Boroughs |
| Hon. Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, 3rd Baronet Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, 3rd Baronet Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, 3rd Baronet was a British baronet and politician.The younger son of Sir George Mackenzie, 2nd Baronet, his father resigned the baronetcy to him in 1704 after being created Earl of Cromartie.... |
Court | Scotland 28 |
| Hon. Alexander Maitland | Court | Scotland 29 |
| Thomas Mansel | None | Glamorganshire Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency) Glamorganshire was a parliamentary constituency in Wales, returning two Members of Parliament to the British House of Commons. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 divided it into five new constituencies: East Glamorganshire, South Glamorganshire, Mid Glamorganshire, Gower and Rhondda.- MPs... |
| Charles Mason | None | Montgomery Boroughs |
| John Meyrick John Meyrick (politician) John Meyrick was a Welsh politician and judge.A member of an established Pembrokeshire family, he represented the parliamentary constituencies of Pembroke between 1702 and 1708, and Cardigan between 1710 and 1712. He was later puisne judge of the Anglesey circuit .-References:... |
None | Pembroke Boroughs |
| Patrick Moncreiff | Court | Scotland 30 |
| Hon. Francis Montgomerie | Court | Scotland 31 |
| Hugh Montgomerie | Court (Anti-Union) | Scotland 32 |
| John Morgan John Morgan (of Rhiwpera) John Morgan was a Welsh politician of the early 18th century.Morgan was the youngest son of William Morgan and his wife Blanche. When his elder brother Thomas Morgan died without surviving children in 1700, he inherited the family estates, the two middle brothers having predeceased him... |
None | Monmouthshire Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency) Monmouthshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of Parliament of England from 1536 until 1707, of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1801, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885... |
| William Morison | Court | Scotland 33 |
| Sir Roger Mostyn | None | Flint Boroughs Flint Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency) Flint Boroughs was a parliamentary constituency in north-east Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessors, from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1918 general election.-Boundaries:From its first known general... |
| John Murray John Murray (MP for Banffshire) John Murray was a Scottish lawyer and politician.He was a Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland for Selkirk from 1689 to 1702 and for Selkirkshire from 1702 until the Act of Union 1707... |
Court | Scotland 34 |
| Sir Richard Myddelton, Bt | None | Denbighshire Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency) Denbighshire was a county constituency in Denbighshire, in north Wales, from 1542 to 1885.- History :From 1542, it returned one Member of Parliament , traditionally known as the knight of the shire, to the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then to the Parliament of Great... |
| William Nisbet | Squadrone | Scotland 35 |
| Hon. Patrick Ogilvy | Court | Scotland 36 |
| Wirriot Owen | None | Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency) Pembrokeshire was a parliamentary constituency based on the county of Pembrokeshire in Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.- History :... |
| Sir Robert Pollock, 1st Baronet | Court | Scotland 37 |
| Sir Thomas Powell | None | Monmouth Boroughs Monmouth Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency) Monmouth Boroughs was a parliamentary constituency consisting of several towns in Monmouthshire... |
| John Pringle | Court | Scotland 38 |
| Lewis Pryse | None | Cardigan Boroughs |
| John Pugh | None | Cardiganshire |
| Sir David Ramsay, 4th Baronet Sir David Ramsay, 4th Baronet Sir David Ramsay, 4th Baronet was a member of the first Parliament of Great Britain, serving from 1707–1708. He was MP for Kincardineshire, Scotland 1708-1710.... |
Independent (Anti-Union) | Scotland 39 |
| Griffith Rice | None | Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire (UK Parliament constituency) Carmarthenshire was a parliamentary constituency in Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was increased to two members for the 1832 general election.... |
| William Robinson | None | Denbigh Boroughs Denbigh Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency) Denbigh District of Boroughs was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Denbigh in Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons.The constituency first returned an MP in 1542, to the English Parliament... |
| Hugh Rose | Court | Scotland 40 |
| James Scott | Court | Scotland 41 |
| William Seton William Seton William Seton III was an American author, a novelist and popular science writer. He was a Roman Catholic from one of America's most distinguished Roman Catholic families... |
Court (Squadrone?) | Scotland 42 |
| Sir James Smollett | Court | Scotland 43 |
| Hon. John Stewart John Stewart (Scottish politician) John Stewart was a soldier and member of the first Parliament of Great Britain, serving from 1707 to 1708. He was later Member of Parliament for Wigtownshire from 1708–1710 and again from 1711 to 1727.... |
Court | Scotland 44 |
| Sir John Swinton | Court | Scotland 45 |
| Edward Vaughan | None | Montgomeryshire Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency) Montgomeryshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created in 1542, it elects one Member of Parliament , traditionally known as the knight of the shire, by the first-past-the-post system of election.The Montgomeryshire Welsh Assembly... |
| Richard Vaughan (c1655-1724) | None | Carmarthen Boroughs |
| Richard Vaughan (c1665-1734) | None | Merionethshire |
| Sir Edward Williams | None | Breconshire Breconshire (UK Parliament constituency) Breconshire or Brecknockshire was a constituency in Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the English Parliament, and later to the Parliament of Great Britain and of the United Kingdom, between 1542 and 1918... |
| Sir Hopton Williams | None | Monmouthshire Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency) Monmouthshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of Parliament of England from 1536 until 1707, of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1801, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885... |
| Sir John Wynn | None | Caernarvonshire Caernarvonshire (UK Parliament constituency) Caernarvonshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885 and from 1918 until 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post... |