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[Voting list]

In the parliament 16 January 1707, a vote was put approve of the act ratifying and approving the treaty of union of the two kingdoms of Scotland and England, yes or no. And it carried approve, and the list of the members' names as they voted approve or not (ordered to be printed) is as follows:

Approvers:

• Of the nobility:
• [James Ogilvy, earl of Seafield], lord chancellor, allowed to be printed as an approver by special order of parliament
• [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
• [John Gordon, earl of] Sutherland
• [John Hamilton/Leslie, earl of] Rothes
• [James Douglas, earl of] Morton
• [William Cunningham, earl of] Glencairn
• [James Hamilton, earl of] Abercorn
• [John Ker, earl of] Roxburghe
• [Thomas Hamilton, earl of] Haddington
• [John Maitland, earl of] Lauderdale
• [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
• [George MacKenzie, earl of] Cromarty
• [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
• [Thomas Hay], viscount of Dupplin
• Lord [William Forbes, lord] Forbes
• [John Elphinstone, lord] Elphinstone
• [William Ross, lord] Ross
• [James Sandilands, lord] Torphichen
• [Charles Fraser, lord] Fraser
• [George Ogilvy, lord] Banff
• [Alexander Murray, lord] Elibank
• [Kenneth Sutherland, lord] Duffus
• [Robert Rollo, lord] Rollo
• [Sir James Murray of Philiphaugh], lord register
• [Adam Cockburn of Ormiston], lord justice clerk

• Of the barons:
• 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
• 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
• George Baillie of Jerviswood
• 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
• 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
• 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
• James Haliburton of Pitcur
• Alexander Abercrombie of Glasshaugh
• Mr James Dunbar, younger, of Hempriggs
• Alexander Douglas of Egilsay
• John Bruce of Kinross

• Of the burghs:
• John Scrimgeour [of Kirkton]
• Lieutenant Colonel John Erskine
• John Muir
• James Scott [of Logie]
• Sir John Erskine [of Alva]
• James Spittall [of Leuchat]
• Mr Patrick Moncrieff [of Reidie]
• Sir Andrew Home [of Kimmerghame]
• Sir Peter Halkett [of Pitfirrane]
• Sir James Smollett [of Stainflett and Bonhill]
• Mr William Carmichael [of Skirling]
• Mr William Sutherland
• Captain Daniel MacLeod [of Geanies]
• Sir David Dalrymple [of Hailes]
• Sir Alexander Ogilvie [of Forglen]
• Mr John Clerk [of Penicuik]
• John Rose [of Newck]
• Sir Hugh Dalrymple [of North Berwick]
• Mr Patrick Ogilvie [of Cairnbulg]
• George Allardyce [of that ilk]
• William Alves
• Mr James Beaton [of Balfour]
• Mr Roderick MacKenzie [of Prestonhall]
• John Urquhart [of Meldrum]
• 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:
• [James Douglas], duke of Hamilton
• [William Johnston], marquis of Annandale
• Earls [Charles Hay, earl of] Erroll
• [William Keith, earl] Marischal
• [David Erskine, earl of] Buchan
• [Alexander Sinclair, earl of] Caithness
• [John Fleming, earl of] Wigtown
• [James Stewart, earl of] Galloway
• Viscounts [David Murray, viscount of] Stormont
• [William Livingston, viscount of] Kilsyth
• Lords [William Fraser, lord] Saltoun
• [Francis Sempill, lord] Sempill
• [Patrick Oliphant, lord] Oliphant
• [John Elphinstone, lord] Balmerino
• [Walter Stewart, lord] Blantyre
• [William Hamilton, lord] Bargany
• [John Hamilton, lord] Belhaven
• [Robert Colville, lord] Colville [of Ochiltree]
• [Patrick Kinnaird, lord] Kinnaird

• Of the barons:
• Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall
• Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun
• Sir Robert Sinclair of Longformacus
• Sir Patrick Home of Renton
• Sir Gilbert Elliott of Minto
• William Baillie of Lamington
• John Sinclair, younger, of Stevenson
• James Hamilton of Aikenhead
• Mr Alexander Ferguson of Isle
• Sir Hugh Cathcart of Carleton
• John Brisbane, younger, of Bishopton
• Mr William Cochrane of Kilmaronock
• Sir Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss
• Sir John Houston of that ilk
• Robert Rollo of Powhouse
• Thomas Sharp of Houston
• John Murray of Strowan
• Alexander Gordon of Pitlurg
• John Forbes of Culloden
• David Beaton of Balfour
• Major Henry Balfour of Dunbog
• Mr Thomas Hope of Rankeilour
• Mr Patrick Lyon of Auchterhouse
• Mr James Carnegie of Finavon
• David Graham, younger, of Fintry
• William Maxwell of Cardoness
• Alexander MacKie of Palgowan
• James Sinclair of Stemster
• Sir Henry Innes, younger, of that ilk
• Mr George MacKenzie of Inchculter

• Of the burghs:
• Robert Inglis
• Alexander Robertson [of Craig]
• Walter Stewart [of Pardovan]
• Hugh Montgomery [of Busbie]
• Alexander Edgar
• Alexander Duff [of Drummuir]
• Francis Mollison
• Walter Scott
• Robert Scott
• Robert Kellie
• John Hutchison
• Archibald Shiells
• Mr John Lyon
• George Brodie [of Asliesk]
• George Spence
• Sir David Cunningham [of Milncraig]
• Mr John Carruthers [of Denbie]
• George Home
• John Bain [of Tulloch]
• Mr Robert Fraser

1. NAS. PA3/7, Printed Minutes No.60, supplement or NAS. PA6/36, 232. Back