[M1706/10/45]¹

[Voting list]

In the parliament 7 December 1706, two states of a vote being proposed, the first in these terms: approve of the first paragraph of the fifteenth article of union or not, and the second in these terms: whether we shall engage in the payment of the debts of England, yes or no. And the vote was thereupon put whether the first or second should be the state of the vote, and it carried first, and the list of the members as they voted first or second (ordered to be printed) is as follows:

First:

• 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
• [John Lindsay, earl of] Crawford
• [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
• [William Ramsay, earl of] Dalhousie
• [James Ogilvy, earl of] Findlater
• [David Carnegie, earl of] Northesk
• [Colin Lindsay, earl of] Balcarres
• [Archibald Douglas, earl of] Forfar
• [John Keith, earl of] Kintore
• [Patrick Hume, earl of] Marchmont
• [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
• 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
• [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:
• Robert Dundas of Arniston
• Sir Robert Dickson of Inveresk
• William Nisbet of Dirleton
• John Cockburn 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
• George Baillie of Jerviswood
• Sir John Johnston of Westerhall
• William Douglas of Dornock
• Mr John 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
• Sir David Ramsay of Balmain
• William Seton, younger, of Pitmedden
• Alexander Grant, younger, of that ilk
• Hugh Rose of Kilravock
• 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
• William Maxwell of Cardoness
• Sir Henry Innes, younger, of that ilk
• Alexander Douglas of Egilsay
• John Bruce of Kinross

• Of the burghs:
• Sir Patrick Johnston
• Robert Inglis
• John Scrimgeour [of Kirkton]
• Lieutenant Colonel John Erskine
• John Muir
• James Scott [of Logie]
• Sir John Anstruther [of that ilk]
• Sir John Erskine [of Alva]
• James Spittall [of Leuchat]
• Mr Patrick Moncrieff [of Reidie]
• George Munro
• 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
• Captain Daniel MacLeod [of Geanies]
• Sir David Dalrymple [of Hailes]
• Sir Alexander Ogilvie [of Forglen]
• Mr John Clerk
• George Brodie [of Asliesk]
• 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]
• 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

Second:

• 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
• 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:
• George Lockhart of Carnwath
• Sir James Foulis of Colinton
• Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun
• Sir Patrick Home of Renton
• Mr Alexander Ferguson of Isle
• Mr William Cochrane of Kilmaronock
• Sir Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss
• John Graham of Killearn
• Sir Patrick Murray of Ochtertyre
• John Murray of Strowan
• Alexander Gordon of Pitlurg
• James Moir of Stoneywood
• David Beaton of Balfour
• Mr Thomas Hope of Rankeilour
• Mr Patrick Lyon of Auchterhouse
• Mr James Carnegie of Finavon
• David Graham, younger, of Fintry
• James Ogilvie, younger, of Boyne
• Mr George MacKenzie of Inchculter

• Of the burghs:
• Alexander Robertson [of Craig]
• Walter Stewart [of Pardovan]
• Alexander Edgar
• Alexander Duff [of Drummuir]
• Francis Mollison
• Robert Scott
• Robert Kellie
• Mr John Lyon
• Mr William Johnston [of Sciennes]
• Mr John Carruthers [of Denbie]
• George Home
• John Bain [of Tulloch]