The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2025), date accessed: 11 February 2025
[M1706/10/116]1
[Voting list]
In the parliament 11 March 1707, a vote was put whether the quota due to the Indian and African Company shall be paid by the commissioners for disposing of the equivalent to the respective proprietors and creditors of the said company or to persons to be appointed by the council general and directors of the said company. And it carried to the proprietors, and the list of the members' names as they voted (ordered to be printed) is as follows:
To the proprietors:
- Of the nobility:
- [John Hay], marquis of Tweeddale
- Earls [Hugh Campbell, earl of] Loudoun, secretary
- [James Douglas, earl of] Morton
- [William Cunningham, earl of] Glencairn
- [James Stewart, earl of] Galloway
- [John Maitland, earl of] Lauderdale
- [David Wemyss, earl of] Wemyss
- [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
- [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
- Lords [William Forbes, lord] Forbes
- [John Elphinstone, lord] Elphinstone
- [Walter Stewart, lord] Blantyre
- [Charles Fraser, lord] Fraser
- [George Ogilvy, lord] Banff
- [Alexander Murray, lord] Elibank
- [Sir James Murray of Philiphaugh], lord register
- [Adam Cockburn of Ormiston], lord justice clerk
- Of the barons:
- Sir Robert Dickson of Inveresk
- Archibald Douglas of Cavers
- William Bennett of Grubbet
- Mr John Murray of Bowhill
- Mr John Pringle of Haining
- William Morrison of Prestongrange
- Sir John Johnston of Westerhall
- Mr John Stewart of Sorbie
- Mr Francis Montgomery of Giffen
- Mr William Cochrane of Kilmaronock
- Sir John Houston of that ilk
- Sir Robert Pollok of that ilk
- Mr John Montgomery of Wrae
- William Seton, younger, of Pitmedden
- Alexander Grant, younger, of that ilk
- Sir Kenneth MacKenzie [of Cromarty]
- Sir James Campbell of Auchinbreck
- Alexander Abercrombie of Glasshaugh
- James Sinclair of Stemster
- Alexander Douglas of Egilsay
- Mr Alexander Abercrombie of Tullibody
- Of the burghs:
- Sir Patrick Johnston
- John Scrimgeour [of Kirkton]
- Walter Stewart [of Pardovan]
- Hugh Montgomery [of Busbie]
- John Muir
- John Black
- James Scott [of Logie]
- Walter Scott
- Sir James Smollett [of Stainflett and Bonhill]
- Mr William Carmichael [of Skirling]
- Sir David Dalrymple [of Hailes]
- Sir Alexander Ogilvie [of Forglen]
- Mr John Clerk [of Penicuik]
- Mr John Lyon
- Mr Dougald Stewart [of Blairhall]
- Sir Hugh Dalrymple [of North Berwick]
- Mr Patrick Ogilvie [of Cairnbulg]
- George Allardyce [of that ilk]
- Mr John Carruthers [of Denbie]
- William Alves
- George Home
- John Urquhart [of Meldrum]
- Daniel Campbell [of Shawfield]
- Mr Robert Fraser
- Mr Robert Douglas
- Mr Alexander Maitland
- Mr Charles Campbell
To persons to be appointed by the council general:
- Of the nobility:
- [James Graham], marquis of Montrose, president of the secret council
- Earls [William Keith, earl] Marischal
- [David Erskine, earl of] Buchan
- [John Ker, earl of] Roxburghe
- [Thomas Hamilton, earl of] Haddington
- [William Livingston], viscount of Kilsyth
- [James Sandilands, lord] Torphichen
- Of the barons:
- Robert Dundas of Arniston
- Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall
- Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun
- Sir Alexander [Home] Campbell of Cessnock
- Sir Gilbert Elliott of Minto
- William Baillie of Lamington
- George Baillie of Jerviswood
- John Haldane of Gleneagles
- Mungo Graham of Gorthie
- James Haliburton of Pitcur
- John Bruce of Kinross
- Of the burghs:
- Robert Inglis
- Sir John Anstruther [of that ilk]
- Sir John Erskine [of Alva]
- James Spittall [of Leuchat]
- Francis Mollison
- Sir Andrew Home [of Kimmerghame]
- Sir Peter Halkett [of Pitfirrane]
- Sir David Cunningham [of Milncraig]
- NLS. A.115.a.1, Printed Minutes No.82, supplement or NAS. PA6/36, 259.