[Voting list]

In the parliament 24 December 1706, there were two clauses given in, the first in these terms: and with proportional drawbacks and allowances as in England, with this exception that Scotland after the said seven years shall remain exempt from the duty of 2s 4d a bushel on home salt imposed by an act made in England in the 9th and 10th of King William the third of England, and if the parliament of Great Britain shall at or before the expiring of the said seven years substitute any other fund in place of the said 2s 4d of excise on the bushel of home salt, Scotland shall after the said seven years bear a proportion of the said fund and have an equivalent in the terms of the treaty; and the second in these terms: but Scotland shall in all time after the union be exempt from paying of all duty or tax on salt made in Scotland in so far only as the said salt shall be made use of within Scotland, but all salt made in Scotland from and after the union that shall be exported to England, or to any other nation in specie, or that shall be employed in salting of fish or butcher-meat to be exported, or for victualling of ships to go to England or any other nation, shall be liable to the same duties as shall be then payable for salt made in England, to be levied and secured in the same manner, and with like drawbacks and allowances as in England. And that after the union no salt whatsoever be brought from Scotland to England by land in any manner under the penalty of [...]. Whereupon a vote was stated approve of the first clause or second, and it carried first, and the list of members' names 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, secretary
  • [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
  • [John Maitland, earl of] Lauderdale
  • [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
  • [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
  • [Thomas Hay], viscount of Dupplin
  • Lords [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
  • 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
  • Mr James Dunbar, younger, of Hempriggs
  • Alexander Douglas of Egilsay
  • John Bruce of Kinross
  • Of the burghs:
  • Sir Patrick Johnston
  • 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
  • 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]
  • 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

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
  • [Alexander Montgomery, earl of] Eglinton
  • [Alexander Sinclair, earl of] Caithness
  • [John Fleming, earl of] Wigtown
  • [James Stewart, earl of] Galloway
  • [Charles Hamilton Douglas, earl of] Selkirk
  • 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
  • [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 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
  • John Sharp of Hoddam
  • Mr Alexander Ferguson of Isle
  • Sir Hugh Cathcart of Carleton
  • John Brisbane, younger, of Bishopton
  • Mr William Cochrane of Kilmaronock
  • Sir John Houston of that ilk
  • John Graham of Killearn
  • James Graham of Buchlyvie
  • Robert Rollo of Powhouse
  • Thomas Sharp of Houston
  • Sir Patrick Murray of Ochtertyre
  • John Murray of Strowan
  • Sir David Ramsay of Balmain
  • Alexander Gordon of Pitlurg
  • John Udny of that ilk
  • 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
  • James Ogilvie, younger, of Boyne
  • William Maxwell of Cardoness
  • Alexander MacKie of Palgowan
  • James Sinclair of Stemster
  • Sir Henry Innes, younger, of that ilk
  • Mr Alexander Abercrombie of Tullibody
  • Mr George MacKenzie of Inchculter
  • Of the burghs:
  • Robert Inglis
  • Alexander Robertson [of Craig]
  • John Allardyce
  • Walter Stewart [of Pardovan]
  • Alexander Watson [of Aithernie]
  • Hugh Montgomery [of Busbie]
  • Alexander Edgar
  • John Black
  • James Oswald [of Dunnikier]
  • Robert Johnston [of Kelton]
  • Alexander Duff [of Drummuir]
  • Francis Mollison
  • Walter Scott
  • William Coltrane [of Drummorall]
  • George Smith [of Gibliston]
  • Robert Scott
  • Robert Kellie
  • Archibald Shiells
  • Captain Daniel MacLeod [of Geanies]
  • Mr John Lyon
  • Mr Dougald Stewart [of Blairhall]
  • George Brodie [of Asliesk]
  • George Spence
  • Sir David Cunningham [of Milncraig]
  • Mr William Johnston [of Sciennes]
  • Mr John Carruthers [of Denbie]
  • George Home
  • Mr [Roderick] MacKenzie [of Prestonhall]
  • Mr Robert Fraser
  1. NAS. PA3/7, Printed Minutes No.44, supplement or NAS. PA6/36, 202.