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[Voting list]

In the parliament Tuesday 12 November 1706, a vote was stated in these terms: approve of the act for security of the true Protestant religion and government of the church as by law established within this kingdom, or not. And it carried approve, and the list of the members as they voted pro and con (ordered to be printed) is as follows:

Approvers:

• Of the nobility:
• [James Ogilvy, earl of Seafield], lord chancellor
• [James Graham], marquis of Montrose, president of the secret council
• [John Campbell], duke of Argyll
• [John Hay], marquis of Tweeddale
• Earls [John Erskine, earl of] Mar, secretary
• [Hugh Campbell, earl of] Loudoun, secretary
• [John Gordon, earl of] Sutherland
• [John Hamilton/Leslie, earl of] Rothes
• [James Douglas, earl of] Morton
• [David Erskine, earl of] Buchan
• [William Cunningham, earl of] Glencairn
• [James Hamilton, earl of] Abercorn
• [John Ker, earl of] Roxburghe
• [Thomas Hamilton, earl of] Haddington
• [David Wemyss, earl of] Wemyss
• [William Ramsay, earl of] Dalhousie
• [James Ogilvy, earl of] Findlater
• [David Leslie/Melville, earl of] Leven
• [David Carnegie, earl of] Northesk
• [Colin Lindsay, earl of] Balcarres
• [Archibald Douglas, earl of] Forfar
• [William Boyd, earl of] Kilmarnock
• [John Keith, earl of] Kintore
• [Patrick Hume, earl of] Marchmont
• [John Carmichael, earl of] Hyndford
• [George MacKenzie, earl of] Cromarty
• [John Dalrymple, earl of] Stair
• [Archibald Primrose, earl of] Rosebery
• [David Boyle, earl of] Glasgow, treasurer depute
• [Charles Hope, earl of] Hopetoun
• [Henry Scott, earl of] Delorain
• [Archibald Campbell, earl of] Islay
• [John Lindsay/Crawford], viscount of Garnock
• Lords [William Forbes, lord] Forbes
• [William Ross, lord] Ross
• [James Sandilands, lord] Torphichen
• [Charles Fraser, lord] Fraser
• [George Ogilvy, lord] Banff
• [Sir James Murray of Philiphaugh], lord register
• [Adam Cockburn of Ormiston], lord justice clerk

• Approvers of the barons:
• Robert Dundas of Arniston
• Sir Robert Dickson of Inveresk
• William Nisbet of Dirleton
• John Cockburn, younger, of Ormiston
• Sir John Swinton of that ilk
• Sir Alexander [Home] Campbell of Cessnock
• Sir William Kerr of Greenhead
• Sir Gilbert Elliott of Minto
• Archibald Douglas of Cavers
• William Bennett of Grubbet
• Mr John Murray of Bowhill
• William Morrison of Prestongrange
• Alexander Horsburgh of that ilk
• George Baillie of Jerviswood
• John Sinclair, younger, of Stevenson
• Sir John Johnston of Westerhall
• William Douglas of Dornock
• Mr William Stewart of Castle Stewart
• Mr John Stewart of Sorbie
• Mr Francis Montgomery of Giffen
• Mr William Dalrymple of Glenmure
• Mr Robert Stewart of Tillicoultry
• Sir Robert Pollok of that ilk
• Thomas Sharp of Houston
• Mr John Montgomery of Wrae
• John Haldane of Gleneagles
• Mungo Graham of Gorthie
• Sir Thomas Burnett of Leys
• William Seton, younger, of Pitmedden
• Alexander Grant, younger, of that ilk
• John Forbes of Culloden
• Mr John Campbell of Mamore
• Sir James Campbell of Auchinbreck
• James Campbell, younger, of Ardkinglas
• Sir William Anstruther of that ilk
• Alexander Abercrombie of Glasshaugh
• William Maxwell of Cardoness
• Alexander MacKie of Palgowan
• Mr James Dunbar, younger, of Hempriggs
• Alexander Douglas of Egilsay
• Mr Alexander Abercrombie of Tullibody

• Approvers of the burghs:
• Sir Patrick Johnston
• John Scrimgeour [of Kirkton]
• John Allardyce
• Lieutenant Colonel John Erskine
• John Muir
• Sir John Anstruther [of that ilk]
• Sir John Erskine [of Alva]
• James Spittall [of Leuchat]
• Mr Patrick Moncrieff [of Reidie]
• Walter Scott
• Sir Andrew Home [of Kimmerghame]
• William Coltrane [of Drummorall]
• Sir James Smollett [of Stainflett and Bonhill]
• Mr William Carmichael [of Skirling]
• Captain Daniel MacLeod [of Geanies]
• Sir David Dalrymple [of Hailes]
• Sir Alexander Ogilvie [of Forglen]
• Mr John Clerk [of Penicuik]
• George Brodie [of Asliesk]
• Sir Hugh Dalrymple [of North Berwick]
• Mr Patrick Ogilvie [of Cairnbulg]
• George Allardyce [of that ilk]
• William Alves
• John Urquhart [of Meldrum]
• Sir James Stewart [of Goodtrees]
• Daniel Campbell [of Shawfield]
• Sir Robert Forbes [of Learney]
• Mr Robert Douglas
• Mr Alexander Maitland
• Mr George Dalrymple [of Dalmahoy]
• Mr Charles Campbell

• Nos of the nobility:
• Dukes [James Douglas, duke of] Hamilton
• [John Murray, duke of] Atholl
• [William Johnston], marquis of Annandale
• Earls [Charles Hay, earl of] Erroll
• [William Keith, earl] Marischal
• [John Fleming, earl of] Wigtown
• [John Lyon, earl of] Strathmore
• [Charles Hamilton Douglas, earl of] Selkirk
• [Alexander Bruce, earl of] Kincardine
• Viscounts [David Murray, viscount of] Stormont
• [William Livingston, viscount of] Kilsyth
• Lords [William Fraser, lord] Saltoun
• [Patrick Oliphant, lord] Oliphant
• [John Elphinstone, lord] Balmerino
• [Walter Stewart, lord] Blantyre
• [John Hamilton, lord] Belhaven
• [Robert Colville, lord] Colville [of Ochiltree]
• [Patrick Kinnaird, lord] Kinnaird

• Nos of the barons:
• Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall
• Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun
• Sir Patrick Home of Renton
• Mr Alexander Ferguson of Isle
• John Brisbane, younger, of Bishopton
• Mr William Cochrane of Kilmaronock
• Sir Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss
• Robert Rollo of Powhouse
• John Murray of Strowan
• David Beaton of Balfour
• Mr Thomas Hope of Rankeilour
• Mr Patrick Lyon of Auchterhouse
• Mr James Carnegie of Finavon
• James Ogilvie, younger, of Boyne
• Mr George MacKenzie of Inchculter

• Nos of the burghs:
• Francis Mollison
• Robert Kellie
• Mr John Lyon
• Mr John Carruthers [of Denbie]
• George Home

1. NAS. PA3/7, Printed Minutes No.19, supplement or NAS. PA6/36, 163. Back