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  • William Douglas
    ...1667]]. He was the father of Orkney and Shetland's first MP in the unified Parliament, [[Alexander Douglas]]. ...n of Orkney, commemorated in the initialled skewputt, the island passed to the Douglas family.' [http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/EGILSAY/index.asp?page
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  • William Craigie
    ...e end of the 17th century. He was jailed for debt to Sir Archibald Steuart of Burray in 1703. [[Category: Burgh and Shire Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland]]
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  • Robert Henderson (i)
    ...Burgh and Shire Commissioner for Orkney and Shetland to the Parliament of Scotland in 1617. [[Category:Burgh and Shire Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland]]
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  • Patrick Blair
    ...and Shetland in [[1663]] and [[1669]]-[[1672|2]]. He was a Sheriff deputy and held courts in Kirkwall in 1664. [[Category:Burgh and Shire Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland]]
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  • Hugh Craigie
    ...Orkney and Shetland. He was also a Commissioner to the Charles II Scottish Parliament in 1660. [[Category: Burgh and Shire Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland]]
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  • Politics
    ...comprehensive and easily accessible database of the history of politics in the Shetland Islands. ...s other contributors who have supplied information. All contributions from the public are welcomed.
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  • Henry Graham
    ...s (b. 1648, d. 1718) was a member of the Parliament of Scotland for Orkney and Shetland 1865-6. ...the principal landowners in Orkney but came across financial difficulties and incurred heavy debts.
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  • Edward Sinclair
    ...arliament of Scotland in 1617 with [[Robert Henderson (i)|Robert Henderson of Holland]]. ...granted charter to Alexander Flet in How, Harray, of the houses and lands of Ramsgar in Overton in Harray, which was produced 23rd November 1621.
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  • Charles Murray
    ...ssioner for Orkney and Shetland to the Parliament of Scotland between 1685 and 1686 with [[Henry Graham]]. [[Category:Burgh and Shire Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland]]
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  • Arthur Buchanan
    ...ughout the West Mainland of Orkney, as well as Shapinsay, most of Stronsay and North Ronaldsay. In 1677, he was the [https://archive.org/stream/kirkwallinorkne00hossgoog/kirkwallinorkne00hoss
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  • Archibald Stewart
    ...ssioner for Orkney and Shetland to the Parliament of Scotland between 1703 and 1705 (or 1707[http://www.thepeerage.com/p29939.htm#c299389.1]). [[Category:Burgh and Shire Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland]]
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  • Andrew Dick
    ...sations and oppressions" in Orkney and banished. He moved to Shetland and bought land in Lerwick. ...claimed that he did not know the goods he was purchasing were stolen, but the ruling fell against him.
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  • Alexander Douglas
    ...was also the first Member of Parliament to the newly formed Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...[[William Douglas|William]] was a Burgh and Shire Commissioner for Orkney and Shetland in 1667.
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