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Union with Scotland Act 1706[1]

Parliament of England

Long title An Act for a Union of the Two

Kingdoms of England and Scotland

Chapter 6 Anne c. 11

Territorial

extent

Kingdom of England (inc. Wales)

Status: Current legislation

Revised text of statute as amended

(http://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Ann/6/11)

Union with England Act 1707

Parliament of Scotland

Long title Act Ratifying and Approving the

Treaty of Union of the Two Kingdoms

of SCOTLAND and ENGLAND

Chapter Anne c. 7

Territorial

extent

Kingdom of Scotland

Status: Current legislation

Revised text of statute as amended

(http://www.legislation.gov.uk/aosp/1707/7)

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Acts of Union 1707From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Acts of Unionwere two Acts of Parliament: the

Union with Scotland Act 1706passed by the

Parliament of England, and the Union with England

Actpassed in 1707 by the Parliament of Scotland.

They put into effect the terms of the Treaty of Union

that had been agreed on 22 July 1706, following

negotiation between commissioners representing the

parliaments of the two countries. The Acts joined the

Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland

(previously separate states with separate legislatures,

but with the same monarch) into a single, united

kingdom named "Great Britain".[2]

The two countries had shared a monarch since theUnion of the Crowns in 1603, when King James VI of

Scotland inherited the English throne from his double

first cousin twice removed, Queen Elizabeth I.

Although described as a Union of Crowns, until 1707

there were in fact two separate Crowns resting on the

same head (as opposed to the implied creation of a

single Crown and a single Kingdom, exemplified by

the later Kingdom of Great Britain). There had been

threeattempts in 1606, 1667, and 1689 tounite the

two countries by Acts of Parliament, but it was notuntil the early 18th century that both political

establishments came to support the idea, albeit for

different reasons.

The Acts took effect on 1May 1707. On this date, the

Scottish Parliament and the English Parliament united

to form the Parliament of Great Britain, based in the

Palace of Westminster in London, the home of the

English Parliament.[3]Hence, the Acts are referred to

as the Union of the Parliaments. On the Union, thehistorian Simon Schama said "What began as a hostile

merger, would end in a fullpartnership in the most

powerful going concern in the world ... it was one of

the most astonishing transformations in European

history."[4]

Contents

1 Historical background

1.1 Previous attempts at union
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The first Union flag, created by

James VI and I, symbolising the

uniting of England and Scotland

under one Crown

Flag showing the 'perfected' union

between England and Scotland

The first attempt to unite the parliaments of England and Scotland was by Mary's son, King James VI

and I. On his accession to the English throne in 1603 King James announced his intention to unite his

two realms so that he would not be "guilty of bigamy". James

used his Royal prerogative powers to take the style of 'King of

Great Britain'[6]and to give an explicitly British character to his

court and person.[7]Whilst James assumed the creation of a full

union was a foregone conclusion, the Parliament of England was

concerned that the formation of a new state would depriveEngland of its ancient liberties, taking on the more absolutist

monarchical structure James had previously enjoyed in

Scotland.[8]In the meantime, James declared that Great Britain

be viewed 'as presently united, and as one realm and kingdom,

and the subjects of both realms as one people'.[9]

The Scottish and English parliaments established a commission

to negotiate a union, formulating an instrument of union between the two countries. However, the idea

of political union was unpopular, and when James dropped his policy of a speedy union, the topicquietly disappeared from the legislative agenda. When the House of Commons attempted to revive the

proposal in 1610, it was met with a more open hostility.[10]

Union during the interregnum

The Solemn League and Covenant 1643 sought a forced union of

the Church of England into the Church of Scotland, and although

the covenant referred repeatedly to union between the three

kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, a political union

was not spelled out.

In the aftermath of the Civil War, in which the Covenanters had

fought for the King, Oliver Cromwell occupied Scotland and

began a process of creating a 'Godly Britannic' Union between

the former Kingdoms.[11]In 1651, the Parliament of England

issued the Tender of Union declaration supporting Scotland's

incorporation into the Commonwealth and sent Commissioners

to Scotland with the express purpose of securing support for

Union, which was assented to by the Commissioners (Members

of Parliament) in Scotland. On 12 April 1654, Cromwell styling himself Lord Protector of England,

Scotland and Ireland enactedAn Ordinance by the Protector for the Union of England and Scotland,

which created 'one Commonwealth and under one Government' to be known as the Commonwealth of

England, Scotland and Ireland.[12]The ordinance was ratified by the Second Protectorate Parliament, as

an Act of Union, on 26 June 1657.[13]One united Parliament sat in Westminster, with 30 representatives

from Scotland and 30 from Ireland joining the existing members from England. Whilst free trade was

brought about amongst the new Commonwealth, the economic benefits were generally not felt as a result

of heavy taxation used to fund Cromwell's New Model Army.[11]

This republican union was dissolved automatically with the restoration of King Charles II to the thronesof England and Scotland. Scottish members expelled from the Commonwealth Parliament petitioned

unsuccessfully for a continuance of the union. Cromwell's union had simultaneously raised interest in
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"Articles of Union with Scotland",

1707

and suspicion of the concept of union and when Charles II attempted to recreate the union and fulfil the

work of his grandfather in 1669, negotiations between Commissioners ground to a halt.[14]

Later attempts

An abortive scheme for union occurred in Scotland in 1670.[15]

Following the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the records of the Parliament of Scotland show muchdiscussion of possible union. William and Mary, whilst supportive of the idea, had no interest in

allowing it to delay their enthronement. Impetus for this incorporating union came almost entirely from

King William, who feared leaving Scotland open to a French invasion. In the 1690s, the economic

position of Scotland worsened, and relations between Scotland and England became strained.[16]In the

following decade, however, union again became a significant topic of political debate.

Treaty and passage of the Acts of 1707

Deeper political integration had been a key policy of QueenAnne from the time she acceded to the throne in 1702. Under the

aegis of the Queen and her ministers in both kingdoms, the

parliaments of England and Scotland agreed to participate in

fresh negotiations for a union treaty in 1705.

Both countries appointed 31 commissioners to conduct the

negotiations. Most of the Scottish commissioners favoured

union, and about half were government ministers and other

officials. At the head of the list was Queensberry, and the Lord

Chancellor of Scotland, the Earl of Seafield.[17]The Englishcommissioners included the Lord High Treasurer, the Earl of

Godolphin, the Lord Keeper, Baron Cowper, and a large number

of Whigs who supported union. Tories were not in favour of

union and only one was represented among the

commissioners.[17]

Negotiations between the English and Scottish commissioners

took place between 16 April and 22 July 1706 at the Cockpit in

London. Each side had its own particular concerns. Within a few days, England gained a guarantee that

the Hanoverian dynasty would succeed Queen Anne to the Scottish crown, and Scotland received aguarantee of access to colonial markets, in the hope that they would be placed on an equal footing in

terms of trade.[18]

After negotiations ended in July 1706, the acts had to be ratified by both Parliaments. In Scotland, about

100 of the 227 members of the Parliament of Scotland were supportive of the Court Party. For extra

votes the pro-court side could rely on about 25 members of the Squadrone Volante, led by the Marquess

of Montrose and the Duke of Roxburghe. Opponents of the court were generally known as the Country

party, and included various factions and individuals such as the Duke of Hamilton, Lord Belhaven and

Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, who spoke forcefully and passionately against the union. The Court party

enjoyed significant funding from England and the Treasury and included many who had accumulated

debts following the Darien Disaster.[19]
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Portrait of Queen Anne in 1702, the year

she became queen, from the school of John

Closterman

In Scotland, the Duke of Queensberry was largely responsible for the successful passage of the Union

act by the Scottish Parliament. In Scotland, he received much criticism from local residents, but in

England he was cheered for his action. He had received around half of the funding awarded by the

Westminster treasury for himself. In April 1707, he travelled to London to attend celebrations at the

royal court, and was greeted by groups of noblemen and gentry lined along the road. From Barnet, the

route was lined with crowds of cheering people, and once he reached London a huge crowd had formed.

On 17 April, the Duke was gratefully received by the Queen at Kensington Palace.[20]

Political motivations

English perspective

The English purpose was to ensure that Scotland would not

choose a monarch different from the one on the English

throne. The two countries had shared a king for much of the

previous century, but the English were concerned that an

independent Scotland with a different king, even if he were aProtestant, might make alliances against England. The

English succession was provided for by the English Act of

Settlement 1701, which ensured that the monarch of

England would be a Protestant member of the House of

Hanover. Until the Union of Parliaments, the Scottish throne

might be inherited by a different successor after Queen

Anne: the Scottish Act of Security 1704 granted parliament

the right to choose a successor and explicitly required a

choice different from the English monarch unless the

English were to grant free trade and navigation. Manypeople in England were unhappy about the prospect,

however. English overseas possessions made England very wealthy in comparison to Scotland, a poor

country with few roads, very little industry and almost no Navy. This made some view unification as a

markedly unequal relationship.

Scottish perspective

In Scotland, some claimed that union would enable Scotland to recover from the financial disaster

wrought by the Darien scheme through English assistance and the lifting of measures put in place

through the Alien Act to force the Scottish Parliament into compliance with the Act of Settlement.[21]

The combined votes of the Court party with a majority of the Squadrone Volante were sufficient to

ensure the final passage of the treaty through the House.

Personal financial interests were also allegedly involved. Many Commissioners had invested heavily in

the Darien Scheme and they believed that they would receive compensation for their losses; Article 15

granted 398,085 10s sterling to Scotland, a sum known as The Equivalent, to offset future liability

towards the English national debt. In essence it was also used as a means of compensation for investors

in the Company of Scotland's Darien Scheme, as 58.6% was allocated to its shareholders and

creditors.[22]
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18thC French illustration of an

opening of the Scottish Parliament

Even more direct bribery was also said to be a factor.[23]20,000 (240,000 Scots) was dispatched to

Scotland for distribution by the Earl of Glasgow. James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, the Queen's

Commissioner in Parliament, received 12,325, more than 60%

of the funding. (Some contend that all of this money was

properly accounted for as compensation for loss of office,

pensions and so forth not outwith the usual run of government. It

is perhaps a debate that will never be set to rest. However,

modern research has shown that payments were made tosupporters of union that appear not to have been overdue salaries.

At least four payments were made to people who were not even

members of the Scottish Parliament.) Robert Burns referred to

this:

We're bought and sold for English Gold,

Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation.

Some of the money was used to hire spies, such as Daniel Defoe; his first reports were of vivid

descriptions of violent demonstrations against the Union. "A Scots rabble is the worst of its kind," he

reported, "for every Scot in favour there is 99 against". Years later Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, originally

a leading Unionist, wrote in his memoirs that,

(Defoe) was a spy among us, but not known as such, otherwise the Mob of Edinburgh would pull

him to pieces.

Defoe recalls that he was hired by Robert Harley.

The Treaty could be considered unpopular in Scotland: Sir George Lockhart of Carnwath, the onlymember of the Scottish negotiating team against union, noted that "The whole nation appears against the

Union" and even Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, an ardent pro-unionist and Union negotiator, observed that

the treaty was "contrary to the inclinations of at least three-fourths of the Kingdom". Public opinion

against the Treaty as it passed through the Scottish Parliament was voiced through petitions from shires,

burghs, presbyteries and parishes. The Convention of Royal Burghs also petitioned against the Union as

proposed:

That it is our indispensable duty to signify to your grace that, as we are not against anhonourable and safe union with England far less can we expect to have the condition ofthe people of Scotland, with relation to these great concerns, made better and improvedwithout a Scots Parliament.[24]

Not one petition in favour of an incorporating union was received by Parliament. On the day the treaty

was signed, the carilloner in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, rang the bells in the tune Why should I be so

ad on my wedding day?[25]Threats of widespread civil unrest resulted in Parliament imposing martial

law.

Irish perspective

Ireland, the third of the "sister kingdoms", was not included in the union. It remained a separate kingdom

and indeed was legally subordinate to Great Britain until 1784.
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Royal heraldic badge of

Queen Anne, depicting the

Tudor rose and the Scottish

thistle growing out of the

same stem.

Ireland's benefits from the Union of 1707 were few. Its preferential status in trade with England now

extended to Scotland. However, Ireland was left unequal and unrepresented in the Parliament of Great

Britain.

In July 1707 each House of the Parliament of Ireland passed a congratulatory address to Queen Anne,

praying that "May God put it in your royal heart to add greater strength and lustre to your crown, by a

still more comprehensive Union".[26]The British government did not respond to the invitation and an

equal union between Great Britain and Ireland was out of consideration until the 1790s. The union withIreland finally came about on 1 January 1801.

Provisions of the Acts

The Treaty of Union, agreed between representatives of the Parliament

of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1706, consisted of 25

articles, 15 of which were economic in nature. In Scotland, each article

was voted on separately and several clauses in articles were delegated to

specialised subcommittees. Article 1 of the treaty was based on the

political principle of an incorporating union and this was secured by a

majority of 116 votes to 83 on 4 November 1706. To minimise the

opposition of the Church of Scotland, an Act was also passed to secure

the Presbyterian establishment of the Church, after which the Church

stopped its open opposition, although hostility remained at lower levels

of the clergy. The treaty as a whole was finally ratified on 16 January

1707 by a majority of 110 votes to 69.[27]

The two Acts incorporated provisions for Scotland to send representative

peers from the Peerage of Scotland to sit in the House of Lords. Itguaranteed that the Church of Scotland would remain the established

church in Scotland, that the Court of Session would "remain in all time

coming within Scotland", and that Scots law would "remain in the same

force as before". Other provisions included the restatement of the Act of

Settlement 1701 and the ban on Roman Catholics from taking the throne.

It also created a customs union and monetary union.

The Act provided that any "laws and statutes" that were "contrary to or inconsistent with the terms" of

the Act would "cease and become void."

Soon after the Union, the Act 6 Anne c.40 (later infelicitously named the Union with Scotland

(Amendment) Act 1707) united the English and Scottish Privy Councils and decentralised Scottish

administration by appointing justices of the peace in each shire to carry out administration. In effect it

took the day-to-day government of Scotland out of the hands of politicians and into those of the College

of Justice.

Criticisms

The English and Scottish parliaments had evolved along different lines; especially, the Parliament of

Scotland had been unicameral while that of England had been bicameral. Following Union, the

parliament at Westminster followed the English model.
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The 2 coin issued in the United

Kingdom in 2007 to commemorate

the 300th anniversary of the Acts of

Union

Defoe drew upon his Scottish experience to write his Tour thro' the whole Island of Great Britain,

published in 1726, where he admitted that the increase of trade and population in Scotland, which he had

predicted as a consequence of the Union, was "not the case, but rather the contrary".

However, by the time Samuel Johnson and James Boswell made their tour in 1773, recorded inA

ourney to the Western Islands of Scotland, Johnson noted that Scotland was "a nation of which the

commerce is hourly extending, and the wealth increasing" and in particular that Glasgow had become

one of the greatest cities of Britain.

300th anniversary

A commemorative two-pound coin was issued to mark the

tercentennial300th anniversaryof the Union, which occurred

two days before the Scottish Parliament general election on 3

May 2007.[28]

The Scottish Executive held a number of commemorative events

through the year including an education project led by the Royal

Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of

Scotland, an exhibition of Union-related objects and documents

at the National Museums of Scotland and an exhibition of

portraits of people associated with the Union at the National

Galleries of Scotland.[29]

Scottish Voting Records

Voting Records for the 16 January 1707 ratification of theTreaty of Union

Commissioner Constituency/Position Party Vote

James Graham, 1st

Duke of Montrose

Lord President of the

Council of Scotland

Court

PartyYes

John Campbell, 2nd

Duke of Argyll

Court

PartyYes

John Hay, 2nd

Marquess ofTweeddale

Squadrone

Volante Yes

William Kerr, 2nd

Marquess of Lothian

Court

PartyYes

John Erskine, 22nd

Earl of MarStirling

Court

PartyYes

John Gordon, 16th

Earl of Sutherland

Court

PartyYes

John Hamilton-

Leslie, 9th Earl of

Rothes

SquadroneVolante

Yes

James Douglas, 11th

Earl of MortonYes
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William

Cunningham, 12th

Earl of Glencairn

Yes

James Hamilton, 6th

Earl of AbercornYes

John Ker, 1st Duke

of Roxburghe

Squadrone

Volante Yes

Thomas Hamilton,

6th Earl of

Haddington

Yes

John Maitland, 5th

Earl of LauderdaleYes

David Wemyss, 4th

Earl of WemyssYes

William Ramsay, 5thEarl of Dalhousie

Yes

James Ogilvy, 4th

Earl of FindlaterBanffshire Yes

David Leslie, 3rd

Earl of LevenYes

David Carnegie, 4th

Earl of NortheskYes

Earl of Belcarras YesArchibald Douglas,

1st Earl of ForfarYes

William Boyd, 3rd

Earl of KilmarnockYes

John Keith, 1st Earl

of KintoreYes

Patrick Hume, 1st

Earl of Marchmont

Squadrone

VolanteYes

George Mackenzie,

1st Earl of CromartieYes

Archibald Primrose,

1st Earl of RoseberyYes

David Boyle, 1st Earl

of GlasgowYes

Charles Hope, 1st

Earl of HopetounYes

Henry Scott, 1st Earl

of DeloraineYes

Archibald Campbell,

Earl of IllayYes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Campbell,_3rd_Duke_of_Argyllhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Scott,_1st_Earl_of_Delorainehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hope,_1st_Earl_of_Hopetounhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Boyle,_1st_Earl_of_Glasgowhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Primrose,_1st_Earl_of_Roseberyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mackenzie,_1st_Earl_of_Cromartiehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squadrone_Volante_(Scotland)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Hume,_1st_Earl_of_Marchmonthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keith,_1st_Earl_of_Kintorehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Boyd,_3rd_Earl_of_Kilmarnockhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Douglas,_1st_Earl_of_Forfarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belcarra,_County_Mayohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carnegie,_4th_Earl_of_Northeskhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leslie,_3rd_Earl_of_Levenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banffshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ogilvy,_4th_Earl_of_Findlaterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Dalhousiehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wemyss,_4th_Earl_of_Wemysshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maitland,_5th_Earl_of_Lauderdalehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hamilton,_6th_Earl_of_Haddingtonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squadrone_Volante_(Scotland)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ker,_1st_Duke_of_Roxburghehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Abercornhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Glencairn


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Mr John Pringle of

Haining

Court

Party

Yes

William Morison of

Prestongrange

Court

PartyYes

Alexander

Horseburgh of that

ilk

Yes

George Baylie of

JerviswoodLanarkshire

Squadrone

VolanteYes

Sir John Johnstoun

of Westerhall

Court

PartyYes

William Dowglass of

DornockYes

Mr William Stewart

of Castlestewart

Yes

Mr John Stewart of

Sorbie

Court

PartyYes

Mr Francis

Montgomery of

Giffan

AyrshireCourt

PartyYes

Mr William

Dalrymple of

Glenmuir

AyrshireCourt

PartyYes

Mr Robert Stewart of

TillicultrieYes

Sir Robert Pollock of

that ilk

Court

PartyYes

Mr John

Montgomery of

Wrae

Yes

John Halden of

Glenagies

Squadrone

Volante

Yes

Mongo Graham of

Gorthie

Squadrone

VolanteYes

Sir Thomas Burnet of

LeyesKincardineshire

Court

PartyYes

William Seton,

younger, of

Pitmedden

AberdeenshireSquadrone

VolanteYes

Alexander Grant,

younger, of that ilk

Court

Party Yes

Sir William

MackenzieYes

Mr Aeneas McLeod
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Mackenzie,_5th_Earl_of_Seaforthhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Grant_(died_1719)&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squadrone_Volante_(Scotland)http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aberdeenshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sir_William_Seton,_2nd_Baronet&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kincardineshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Burnett,_3rd_Baronethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squadrone_Volante_(Scotland)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squadrone_Volante_(Scotland)http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sir_Robert_Pollock,_1st_Baronet&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayrshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hon._William_Dalrymple&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayrshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hon._Francis_Montgomerie&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stewart_(died_1748)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Johnstone,_1st_Baronethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squadrone_Volante_(Scotland)http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lanarkshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bailliehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Morison_(1663%E2%80%931739)&action=edit&redlink=1


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of Cadboll

Mr John Campbell of

MammoreArgyllshire

Court

PartyYes

Sir James Campbell

of AuchinbreckArgyllshire

Court

PartyYes

James Campbell,younger, of

Ardkinglass

Argyllshire CourtParty

Yes

Sir William

Anstruther of that ilkYes

James Halyburton of

Pitcurr

Squadrone

VolanteYes

Alexander

Abercrombie of

Glassoch

Clackmannanshire or

Banffshire

Court

PartyYes

Mr James Dunbarr,

younger, of

Hemprigs

Yes

Alexander Douglas

of EagleshayOrkney and Shetland

Court

PartyYes

Sir John Bruce, 2nd

Baronet

Squadrone

VolanteYes

John Scrimsour Yes

Lieutenant Colonel

John AreskineYes

John Mure Yes

James Scott MontroseCourt

PartyYes

Sir John Anstruther,

1st Baronet, of

Anstruther

Anstruther Yes

James Spittle Yes

Mr Patrick MoncrieffCourt

PartyYes

Sir Andrew HomeSquadrone

VolanteYes

Sir Peter HalketSquadrone

VolanteYes

Sir James Smollet

Court

Party Yes

Mr William

CarmichellYes

Mr William
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squadrone_Volante_(Scotland)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squadrone_Volante_(Scotland)http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Moncreiff&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Anstruther,_1st_Baronet,_of_Anstrutherhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montrose_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott_(1671%E2%80%931732)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squadrone_Volante_(Scotland)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Bruce,_2nd_Baronethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Douglas_of_Eagleshayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banffshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clackmannanshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Abercromby_(Scottish_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squadrone_Volante_(Scotland)http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Argyllshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_James_Campbell,_2nd_Baronet,_of_Ardkinglasshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Argyllshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_of_Auchinbreckhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Argyllshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hon._John_Campbell_(c_1660-9_Apr_1729)&action=edit&redlink=1


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Sutherland

Captain Daniel

McLeodYes

Sir David Dalrymple,

1st BaronetCulross

Court

PartyYes

Sir AlexanderOgilvie Banff Yes

Mr John Clerk WhithornCourt

PartyYes

John Ross Yes

Hew Dalrymple,

Lord North BerwickYes

Mr Patrick Ogilvie CullenCourt

PartyYes

George Allardyce KintoreCourt

PartyYes

William Avis Yes

Mr James Bethun Yes

Mr Roderick

McKenzieYes

John Urquhart Yes

Daniel Campbell Inveraray CourtParty

Yes

Sir Robert Forbes Yes

Mr Robert Dowglass Yes

Mr Alexander

Maitland

Court

PartyYes

Mr George

DalrympleYes

Mr Charles Campbell Campbeltown Yes

Total Ayes 106

James Hamilton, 4th

Duke of HamiltonNo

William Johnstone,

1st Marquess of

Annandale

No

Charles Hay, 13th

Earl of Erroll

No

William Keith, 9th

Earl MarischalNo

David Erskine, 9th

No
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Erskine,_9th_Earl_of_Buchan&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Keith,_9th_Earl_Marischalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Hay,_13th_Earl_of_Erroll&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Johnstone,_1st_Marquess_of_Annandalehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hamilton,_4th_Duke_of_Hamiltonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbeltown_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Campbell_(member_for_Campbeltown)http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hon._Alexander_Maitland&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Inveraray_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Campbell_(d._1753)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintore_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Allardice&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullen_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hew_Dalrymple,_Lord_North_Berwickhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whithorn_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Clerk,_2nd_Baronethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banff_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culross_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_David_Dalrymple,_1st_Baronet


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Alexander Sinclair,

9th Earl of CaithnessNo

John Fleming, 6th

Earl of WigtownNo

James Stewart, 5th

Earl of GallowayNo

David Murray, 5th

Viscount of StormontNo

William Livingston,

3rd Viscount of

Kilsyth

No

Alexander Fraser,

13th Lord SaltounNo

Francis Sempill, 10th

Lord SempillNo

Charles Oliphant, 7th

Lord OliphantNo

John Elphinstone,

4th Lord BalmerinoNo

Walter Stuart, 6th

Lord BlantyreNo

William Hamilton,

3rd Lord BarganyNo

John Hamilton, 2nd

Lord Belhaven and

Stenton

No

Lord Colvill No

Patrick Kinnaird, 3rd

Lord KinnairdNo

Sir John Lawder of

FountainhallHaddingtonshire No

Andrew Fletcher of

SaltounHaddingtonshire No

Sir Robert Sinclair,

3rd BaronetBerwickshire No

Sir Patrick Home of

RentounBerwickshire No

Sir Gilbert Elliot of

MintoNo

William Bayllie of

LamingtounNo

John Sinclair,

younger, of No
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Sinclair,_younger,_of_Stevensone&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Erskine,_9th_Earl_of_Buchan&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Sinclair,_younger,_of_Stevensone&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Bayllie_of_Lamingtoun&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gilbert_Elliot_(1680%E2%80%931764)&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwickshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sir_Patrick_Home_of_Rentoun&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwickshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_baronetshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haddingtonshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Fletcher_(politician)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haddingtonshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lauder,_Lord_Fountainhallhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Kinnairdhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Colvillhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hamilton,_2nd_Lord_Belhaven_and_Stentonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Barganyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Walter_Stuart,_6th_Lord_Blantyre&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Elphinstone,_4th_Lord_Balmerino&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Oliphant,_7th_Lord_Oliphant&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis_Sempill,_10th_Lord_Sempill&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Fraser,_13th_Lord_Saltoun&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Livingston,_3rd_Viscount_of_Kilsyth&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Murray,_5th_Viscount_of_Stormonthttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Stewart,_5th_Earl_of_Galloway&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Fleming,_6th_Earl_of_Wigtown&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Sinclair,_9th_Earl_of_Caithness&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Erskine,_9th_Earl_of_Buchan&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Sinclair,_younger,_of_Stevensone&action=edit&redlink=1


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Stevensone

James Hamilton of

AikenheadNo

Mr Alexander

Fergusson of IsleNo

Sir Hugh Cathcart of

CarletounAyrshire No

John Brisbane,

younger, of

Bishoptoun

Ayrshire No

Mr William

Cochrane of

Kilmaronock

No

Sir Humphray

Colquhoun of LussNo

Sir John Houstoun ofthat ilk

No

Robert Rollo of

PowhouseNo

Thomas Sharp of

HoustounNo

John Murray of

StrowanNo

Alexander Gordon ofPitlurg

Aberdeenshire No

John Forbes of

CollodenNo

David Bethun of

BalfourNo

Major Henry Balfour

of DunboogNo

Mr Thomas Hope ofRankeillor No

Mr Patrick Lyon of

AuchterhouseNo

Mr James Carnagie

of PhinhavenForfarshire No

David Graham,

younger, of FintrieForfarshire No

William Maxwell of

Cardines No

Alexander McKye of

PalgownNo

James Sinclair of
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Sinclair_of_Stempster&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Sinclair,_younger,_of_Stevensone&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Sinclair_of_Stempster&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_McKye_of_Palgown&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Maxwell_of_Cardines&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forfarshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Graham,_younger,_of_Fintrie&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forfarshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Carnegie_(died_1707)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Lyon_of_Auchterhousehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mr_Thomas_Hope_of_Rankeillor&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Major_Henry_Balfour_of_Dunboog&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Bethun_of_Balfour&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Forbes_of_Colloden&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aberdeenshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Gordon_of_Pitlurg&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Murray,_1st_Duke_of_Athollhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Sharp_of_Houstoun&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Rollo_of_Powhouse&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Houstoun,_2nd_Baronethttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sir_Humphray_Colquhoun_of_Luss&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mr_William_Cochrane_of_Kilmaronock&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayrshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Brisbane,_younger,_of_Bishoptoun&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayrshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sir_Hugh_Cathcart_of_Carletoun&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mr_Alexander_Fergusson_of_Isle&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Hamilton_of_Aikenhead&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Sinclair,_younger,_of_Stevensone&action=edit&redlink=1


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Stempster

Sir Henry Innes,

younger, of that ilkNo

Mr George

McKenzie of

Inchcoulter

No

Robert Inglis Edinburgh NoAlexander Robertson No

Walter Stewart No

Hugh MontgomeryCourt

PartyNo

Alexander Edgar No

Alexander Duff Banffshire No

Francis Molison No

Walter Scott No

Robert Scott No

Robert Kellie No

John Hutchesone No

Archibald Scheills No

Mr John Lyon No

George Brodie No

George Spens No

Sir David

CuninghamLauder No

Mr John Carruthers No

George Home New Galloway No

John Bayne No

Mr Robert Fraser NoTotal Noes 69

Total Votes 175

Sources: Records of the Parliament of Scotland

(http://www.rps.ac.uk/), Parliamentary Register, p.598

(http://dbooks.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/books/PDFs/555089378.pdf)

See also

Andrew Fletcher

Daniel Defoe

History of democracy
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Sinclair_of_Stempster&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_democracyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Defoehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Fletcher_(politician)http://dbooks.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/books/PDFs/555089378.pdfhttp://www.rps.ac.uk/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Galloway_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lauder_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery-Cuninghame_baronetshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banffshire_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Montgomerie_(Scottish_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_(Parliament_of_Scotland_constituency)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Inglishttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mr_George_McKenzie_of_Inchcoulter&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innes_baronetshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Sinclair_of_Stempster&action=edit&redlink=1


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List of treaties

MacCormick v Lord Advocate

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Political union

Real union

English independence

Scottish independence

Scottish Parliament

Unionism in Scotland

Welsh independence

Notes

1. ^Thecitation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Short Titles

Act1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act

1978.

2. Ârticle I of the Treaty of Union

3. Âct of Union 1707, Article 3

4. ^Simon Schama (presenter) (22 May 2001). "Britannia Incorporated".A History of Britain. Episode 10. 3

minutes in. BBC One.

5. ÂBDN.ac.uk (http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/actsofunion/panel2.php)

6. ^Larkin, James F.; Hughes, Paul L., eds. (1973). Stuart Royal Proclamations: Volume I. Clarendon Press.p. 19.

7. ^Lockyer, R. (1998).James VI and I. London: Addison Wesley Longman. pp. 5152. ISBN 0-582-27962-3.

8. ^Lockyer, op. cit., pp. 5459

9. ^Parliament.uk (http://www.parliament.uk/actofunion/tk_01_dream.html)

10. ^Lockyer, op. cit., p.59

11. ^ abParliament.uk (http://www.parliament.uk/actofunion/tk_02_cromwell.html)

12. ^Constitution.org (http://www.constitution.org/eng/conpur098.htm)

13. ^The1657 Act's long title wasAn Act and Declaration touching several Acts and Ordinances made since 20

April1653, and before 3 September 1654, and other Acts

14. ^C. Whatley, op. cit., p.95

15. ^C. Whatley, op. cit., p.30

16. ^Whatley, C. (2006). The Scots and the Union. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 91. ISBN 0-

7486-1685-3.

17. ^ ab"The commissioners"

(http://web.archive.org/web/20090619224021/http://www.parliament.uk/actofunion/04_01_commissioners.htm

l). UKParliament website. 2007. Archived from the original

(http://www.parliament.uk/actofunion/04_01_commissioners.html) on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 5 February

2013.

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