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[Voting list]

In the parliament 21 November 1706, a vote was stated in these terms: approve of the fourth article of union reserving the consideration of the several branches of trade until the parliament come to the subsequent articles, yes or no, and it carried approve; and the list of the members as they voted pro or con (ordered to be printed) is as follows:

Approvers:

• Of the nobility:
• [James Graham], marquis of Montrose, president of the secret council
• [John Campbell], duke of Argyll
• Marquises [John Hay, marquis of] Tweeddale
• [William Kerr, marquis of] Lothian
• 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
• [James Stewart, earl of] Galloway
• [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
• [Charles Murray, earl of] Dunmore
• [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
• [John Elphinstone, lord] Elphinstone
• [William Ross, lord] Ross
• [James Sandilands, lord] Torphichen
• [William Cranston, lord] Cranston
• [Charles Fraser, lord] Fraser
• [George Ogilvy, lord] Banff
• [Alexander Murray, lord] Elibank
• [Robert Rollo, lord] Rollo
• Lords register [Sir James Murray of Philiphaugh]
• Justice clerk [Adam Cockburn of Ormiston]

• Of the barons:
• Sir Robert Dundas of Arniston
• Sir Robert Dickson of Inveresk
• George Lockhart of Carnwath
• Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall
• 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
• Mr John Pringle of Haining
• William Morrison of Prestongrange
• Alexander Horsburgh of that ilk
• William Baillie of Lamington
• George Baillie of Jerviswood
• 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
• John Brisbane, younger, of Bishopton
• Mr Robert Stewart of Tillicoultry
• Sir John Houston of that ilk
• 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
• Sir David Ramsay of Balmain
• Alexander Gordon of Pitlurg
• William Seton, younger, of Pitmedden
• James Moir of Stoneywood
• Alexander Grant, younger, of that ilk
• Hugh Rose of Kilravock
• John Forbes of Culloden
• Sir Kenneth MacKenzie [of Cromarty]
• Mr Aeneas MacLeod of Cadboll
• Mr John Campbell of Mamore
• Sir James Campbell of Auchinbreck
• James Campbell, younger, of Ardkinglas
• Sir William Anstruther of that ilk
• Major Henry Balfour of Dunbog
• James Haliburton of Pitcur
• David Graham of Fintry
• Alexander Abercrombie of Glasshaugh
• William Maxwell of Cardoness
• Sir Henry Innes of that ilk
• James Sinclair of Stemster
• Alexander Douglas of Egilsay
• Mr Alexander Abercrombie of Tullibody
• John Bruce of Kinross

• Of the burghs:
• Sir Patrick Johnston
• Robert Inglis
• Alexander Robertson [of Craig]
• John Scrimgeour [of Kirkton]
• John Allardyce
• Lieutenant Colonel John Erskine
• Walter Stewart [of Pardovan]
• Alexander Watson [of Aithernie]
• Hugh Montgomery [of Busbie]
• John Muir
• James Scott [of Logie]
• Patrick Bruce [of Bunzion]
• Sir John Anstruther [of that ilk]
• Robert Johnston [of Kelton]
• Alexander Duff [of Drummuir]
• Sir John Erskine [of Alva]
• James Spittall [of Leuchat]
• Mr Patrick Moncrieff [of Reidie]
• George Munro
• Walter Scott
• Sir Andrew Home [of Kimmerghame]
• William Coltrane [of Drummorall]
• Sir Peter Halkett [of Pitfirrane]
• Sir James Smollett [of Stainflett and Bonhill]
• Colin Campbell [of Woodside]
• Mr William Carmichael [of Skirling]
• Mr William Sutherland
• Archibald Shiells
• Captain Daniel MacLeod [of Geanies]
• Sir David Dalrymple [of Hailes]
• Sir Alexander Ogilvie [of Forglen]
• Mr John Clerk [of Penicuik]
• Mr Dougald Stewart [of Blairhall]
• John Rose [of Newck]
• George Brodie [of Asliesk]
• George Spence
• Sir Hugh Dalrymple [of North Berwick]
• Sir Robert Anstruther [of Wrae and Balcaskie]
• Mr Patrick Ogilvie [of Cairnbulg]
• Mr William Johnston [of Sciennes]
• George Allardyce [of that ilk]
• William Alves
• George Home
• Mr James Beaton [of Balfour]
• Mr Roderick MacKenzie [of Prestonhall]
• 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:
• 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
• [David Murray], viscount of Stormont
• Lords [Francis Sempill, lord] Sempill
• [Patrick Oliphant, lord] Oliphant
• [Walter Stewart, lord] Blantyre
• [William Hamilton, lord] Bargany

• Of the barons:
• Sir James Foulis of Colinton
• Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun
• Sir Hugh Cathcart of Carleton
• Mr William Cochrane of Kilmaronock
• John Murray of Strowan
• David Beaton of Balfour
• Mr Patrick Lyon of Auchterhouse
• James Ogilvie, younger, of Boyne

• Of the burghs:
• Francis Mollison

1. NAS. PA3/7, Printed Minutes No.24, supplement or NAS. PA6/36, 172. Back