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The Acts of Union were two Acts of Parliament: the [1] Union with Scotland Act 1706 passed by the Union with Scotland Act 1706 Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act passed in 1707 by the Parliament of Scotland. They put into effect the terms of the Treaty of Union that had been agreed on 22 July 1706, following negotiation between commissioners representing the parliaments of the two countries. The Acts joined the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland (previously separate states with separate legislatures, but with the same monarch) into a single, united Parliament of England kingdom named "Great Britain".[2] Long title An Act for a Union of the Two Kingdoms of England and Scotland The two countries had shared a monarch since the Chapter 6 Anne c. 11 Union of the Crowns in 1603, when King James VI of Scotland inherited the English throne from his double Territorial Kingdom of England (inc. Wales) first cousin twice removed, Queen Elizabeth I. extent Although described as a Union of Crowns, until 1707 Status: Current legislation there were in fact two separate Crowns resting on the same head (as opposed to the implied creation of a Revised text of statute as amended single Crown and a single Kingdom, exemplified by (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Ann/6/11) the later Kingdom of Great Britain). There had been three attempts in 1606, 1667, and 1689 to unite the Union with England Act 1707 two countries by Acts of Parliament, but it was not until the early 18th century that both political establishments came to support the idea, albeit for different reasons.

The Acts took effect on 1 May 1707. On this date, the Scottish Parliament and the English Parliament united to form the Parliament of Great Britain, based in the Palace of Westminster in London, the home of the Parliament of Scotland English Parliament.[3] Hence, the Acts are referred to Long title Act Ratifying and Approving the as the Union of the Parliaments. On the Union, the Treaty of Union of the Two Kingdoms historian Simon Schama said "What began as a hostile of SCOTLAND and ENGLAND merger, would end in a full partnership in the most powerful going concern in the world ... it was one of Chapter Anne c. 7 the most astonishing transformations in European Territorial Kingdom of Scotland history."[4] extent Status: Current legislation Revised text of statute as amended Contents (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/aosp/1707/7)

1 Historical background Documents relevant to personal 1.1 Previous attempts at union and legislative unions of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 1/19 17/10/2014 Acts of Union 1707 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1.1.1 Early Stuart union countries of the United Kingdom

1.1.2 Union during the Treaty of Windsor 1175 interregnum Treaty of York 1237 1.1.3 Later attempts Treaty of Perth 1266 1.2 Treaty and passage of the Acts of Treaty of Montgomery 1267 1707 Treaty of Aberconwy 1277 2 Political motivations Statute of Rhuddlan 1284 2.1 English perspective Treaty of Edinburgh–N'hampton 1328 2.2 Scottish perspective Treaty of Berwick 1357 2.3 Irish perspective Poynings' Law 1495 3 Provisions of the Acts Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 4 Criticisms Crown of Ireland Act 1542 5 300th anniversary Treaty of Edinburgh 1560 6 Scottish Voting Records Union of the Crowns 1603 7 See also Union of England and Scotland Act 1603 8 Notes Act of Settlement 1701 9 References Act of Security 1704 10 External links Alien Act 1705 Treaty of Union 1706 Acts of Union 1707 Historical background Wales and Berwick Act 1746 Irish Constitution 1782 Previous attempts at union Acts of Union 1800 Government of Ireland Act 1920 England and Scotland were separate states for several Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921 centuries before eventual union, and English attempts to take over Scotland by military force in the late 13th Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 and early 14th centuries were ultimately unsuccessful N. Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972 (see the Wars of Scottish Independence). The first Northern Ireland Assembly 1973 attempts at Union surrounded the foreseen unification N. Ireland Constitution Act 1973 of the Royal lines of Scotland and England. In pursuing the Scottish throne in the 1560s, Mary, Northern Ireland Act 1998 Queen of Scots pledged herself to a peaceful union Government of Wales Act 1998 between the two kingdoms.[5] Scotland Act 1998 Government of Wales Act 2006 England and Scotland were ruled by the same king for the first time in 1603 when James VI of Scotland also Scotland Act 2012 became the king of England. However they remained Edinburgh Agreement 2012 two separate states until 1 May 1707.

Early Stuart union

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 2/19 17/10/2014 Acts of Union 1707 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The first attempt to unite the parliaments of England and Scotland was by Mary's son, King James VI and I. On his accession to the English throne in 1603 King James announced his intention to unite his two realms so that he would not be "guilty of bigamy". James used his Royal prerogative powers to take the style of 'King of Great Britain'[6] and to give an explicitly British character to his court and person.[7] Whilst James assumed the creation of a full union was a foregone conclusion, the Parliament of England was concerned that the formation of a new state would deprive England of its ancient liberties, taking on the more absolutist monarchical structure James had previously enjoyed in Scotland.[8] In the meantime, James declared that Great Britain The first Union flag, created by be viewed 'as presently united, and as one realm and kingdom, James VI and I, symbolising the uniting of England and Scotland and the subjects of both realms as one people'.[9] under one Crown The Scottish and English parliaments established a commission to negotiate a union, formulating an instrument of union between the two countries. However, the idea of political union was unpopular, and when James dropped his policy of a speedy union, the topic quietly disappeared from the legislative agenda. When the House of Commons attempted to revive the proposal in 1610, it was met with a more open hostility.[10]

Union during the interregnum

The Solemn League and Covenant 1643 sought a forced union of the Church of England into the Church of Scotland, and although the covenant referred repeatedly to union between the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, a political union was not spelled out.

In the aftermath of the Civil War, in which the Covenanters had fought for the King, Oliver Cromwell occupied Scotland and began a process of creating a 'Godly Britannic' Union between the former Kingdoms.[11] In 1651, the Parliament of England issued the Tender of Union declaration supporting Scotland's Flag showing the 'perfected' union incorporation into the Commonwealth and sent Commissioners between England and Scotland to Scotland with the express purpose of securing support for Union, which was assented to by the Commissioners (Members of Parliament) in Scotland. On 12 April 1654, Cromwell – styling himself Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland – enacted An Ordinance by the Protector for the Union of England and Scotland, which created 'one Commonwealth and under one Government' to be known as the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.[12] The ordinance was ratified by the Second Protectorate Parliament, as an Act of Union, on 26 June 1657.[13] One united Parliament sat in Westminster, with 30 representatives from Scotland and 30 from Ireland joining the existing members from England. Whilst free trade was brought about amongst the new Commonwealth, the economic benefits were generally not felt as a result of heavy taxation used to fund Cromwell's New Model Army.[11]

This republican union was dissolved automatically with the restoration of King Charles II to the thrones of England and Scotland. Scottish members expelled from the Commonwealth Parliament petitioned unsuccessfully for a continuance of the union. Cromwell's union had simultaneously raised interest in

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 3/19 17/10/2014 Acts of Union 1707 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and suspicion of the concept of union and when Charles II attempted to recreate the union and fulfil the work of his grandfather in 1669, negotiations between Commissioners ground to a halt.[14]

Later attempts

An abortive scheme for union occurred in Scotland in 1670.[15]

Following the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the records of the Parliament of Scotland show much discussion of possible union. William and Mary, whilst supportive of the idea, had no interest in allowing it to delay their enthronement. Impetus for this incorporating union came almost entirely from King William, who feared leaving Scotland open to a French invasion. In the 1690s, the economic position of Scotland worsened, and relations between Scotland and England became strained.[16] In the following decade, however, union again became a significant topic of political debate.

Treaty and passage of the Acts of 1707

Deeper political integration had been a key policy of Queen Anne from the time she acceded to the throne in 1702. Under the aegis of the Queen and her ministers in both kingdoms, the parliaments of England and Scotland agreed to participate in fresh negotiations for a union treaty in 1705.

Both countries appointed 31 commissioners to conduct the negotiations. Most of the Scottish commissioners favoured union, and about half were government ministers and other officials. At the head of the list was Queensberry, and the Lord Chancellor of Scotland, the Earl of Seafield.[17] The English commissioners included the Lord High Treasurer, the Earl of Godolphin, the Lord Keeper, Baron Cowper, and a large number of Whigs who supported union. Tories were not in favour of union and only one was represented among the [17] commissioners. "Articles of Union with Scotland", 1707 Negotiations between the English and Scottish commissioners took place between 16 April and 22 July 1706 at the Cockpit in London. Each side had its own particular concerns. Within a few days, England gained a guarantee that the Hanoverian dynasty would succeed Queen Anne to the Scottish crown, and Scotland received a guarantee of access to colonial markets, in the hope that they would be placed on an equal footing in terms of trade.[18]

After negotiations ended in July 1706, the acts had to be ratified by both Parliaments. In Scotland, about 100 of the 227 members of the Parliament of Scotland were supportive of the Court Party. For extra votes the pro-court side could rely on about 25 members of the Squadrone Volante, led by the Marquess of Montrose and the Duke of Roxburghe. Opponents of the court were generally known as the Country party, and included various factions and individuals such as the Duke of Hamilton, Lord Belhaven and Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, who spoke forcefully and passionately against the union. The Court party enjoyed significant funding from England and the Treasury and included many who had accumulated debts following the Darien Disaster.[19]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 4/19 17/10/2014 Acts of Union 1707 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In Scotland, the Duke of Queensberry was largely responsible for the successful passage of the Union act by the Scottish Parliament. In Scotland, he received much criticism from local residents, but in England he was cheered for his action. He had received around half of the funding awarded by the Westminster treasury for himself. In April 1707, he travelled to London to attend celebrations at the royal court, and was greeted by groups of noblemen and gentry lined along the road. From Barnet, the route was lined with crowds of cheering people, and once he reached London a huge crowd had formed. On 17 April, the Duke was gratefully received by the Queen at Kensington Palace.[20] Political motivations

English perspective

The English purpose was to ensure that Scotland would not choose a monarch different from the one on the English throne. The two countries had shared a king for much of the previous century, but the English were concerned that an independent Scotland with a different king, even if he were a Protestant, might make alliances against England. The English succession was provided for by the English Act of Settlement 1701, which ensured that the monarch of England would be a Protestant member of the House of Hanover. Until the Union of Parliaments, the Scottish throne might be inherited by a different successor after Queen Anne: the Scottish Act of Security 1704 granted parliament the right to choose a successor and explicitly required a Portrait of Queen Anne in 1702, the year choice different from the English monarch unless the she became queen, from the school of John English were to grant free trade and navigation. Many Closterman people in England were unhappy about the prospect, however. English overseas possessions made England very wealthy in comparison to Scotland, a poor country with few roads, very little industry and almost no Navy. This made some view unification as a markedly unequal relationship.

Scottish perspective

In Scotland, some claimed that union would enable Scotland to recover from the financial disaster wrought by the Darien scheme through English assistance and the lifting of measures put in place through the Alien Act to force the Scottish Parliament into compliance with the Act of Settlement.[21]

The combined votes of the Court party with a majority of the Squadrone Volante were sufficient to ensure the final passage of the treaty through the House.

Personal financial interests were also allegedly involved. Many Commissioners had invested heavily in the Darien Scheme and they believed that they would receive compensation for their losses; Article 15 granted £398,085 10s sterling to Scotland, a sum known as The Equivalent, to offset future liability towards the English national debt. In essence it was also used as a means of compensation for investors in the Company of Scotland's Darien Scheme, as 58.6% was allocated to its shareholders and creditors.[22]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 5/19 17/10/2014 Acts of Union 1707 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Even more direct bribery was also said to be a factor.[23] £20,000 (£240,000 Scots) was dispatched to Scotland for distribution by the Earl of Glasgow. James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, the Queen's Commissioner in Parliament, received £12,325, more than 60% of the funding. (Some contend that all of this money was properly accounted for as compensation for loss of office, pensions and so forth not outwith the usual run of government. It is perhaps a debate that will never be set to rest. However, modern research has shown that payments were made to supporters of union that appear not to have been overdue salaries. At least four payments were made to people who were not even members of the Scottish Parliament.) Robert Burns referred to this: 18thC French illustration of an We're bought and sold for English Gold, opening of the Scottish Parliament Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation.

Some of the money was used to hire spies, such as Daniel Defoe; his first reports were of vivid descriptions of violent demonstrations against the Union. "A Scots rabble is the worst of its kind," he reported, "for every Scot in favour there is 99 against". Years later Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, originally a leading Unionist, wrote in his memoirs that,

(Defoe) was a spy among us, but not known as such, otherwise the Mob of Edinburgh would pull him to pieces.

Defoe recalls that he was hired by Robert Harley.

The Treaty could be considered unpopular in Scotland: Sir George Lockhart of Carnwath, the only member of the Scottish negotiating team against union, noted that "The whole nation appears against the Union" and even Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, an ardent pro-unionist and Union negotiator, observed that the treaty was "contrary to the inclinations of at least three-fourths of the Kingdom". Public opinion against the Treaty as it passed through the Scottish Parliament was voiced through petitions from shires, burghs, presbyteries and parishes. The Convention of Royal Burghs also petitioned against the Union as proposed:

That it is our indispensable duty to signify to your grace that, as we are not against an “ honourable and safe union with England far less can we expect to have the condition of the people of Scotland, with relation to these great concerns, made better and improved without a Scots Parliament.[24] ”

Not one petition in favour of an incorporating union was received by Parliament. On the day the treaty was signed, the carilloner in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, rang the bells in the tune Why should I be so sad on my wedding day?[25] Threats of widespread civil unrest resulted in Parliament imposing martial law.

Irish perspective

Ireland, the third of the "sister kingdoms", was not included in the union. It remained a separate kingdom and indeed was legally subordinate to Great Britain until 1784.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 6/19 17/10/2014 Acts of Union 1707 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ireland's benefits from the Union of 1707 were few. Its preferential status in trade with England now extended to Scotland. However, Ireland was left unequal and unrepresented in the Parliament of Great Britain.

In July 1707 each House of the Parliament of Ireland passed a congratulatory address to Queen Anne, praying that "May God put it in your royal heart to add greater strength and lustre to your crown, by a still more comprehensive Union".[26] The British government did not respond to the invitation and an equal union between Great Britain and Ireland was out of consideration until the 1790s. The union with Ireland finally came about on 1 January 1801. Provisions of the Acts

The Treaty of Union, agreed between representatives of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1706, consisted of 25 articles, 15 of which were economic in nature. In Scotland, each article was voted on separately and several clauses in articles were delegated to specialised subcommittees. Article 1 of the treaty was based on the political principle of an incorporating union and this was secured by a majority of 116 votes to 83 on 4 November 1706. To minimise the opposition of the Church of Scotland, an Act was also passed to secure the Presbyterian establishment of the Church, after which the Church stopped its open opposition, although hostility remained at lower levels of the clergy. The treaty as a whole was finally ratified on 16 January 1707 by a majority of 110 votes to 69.[27]

The two Acts incorporated provisions for Scotland to send representative Royal heraldic badge of peers from the Peerage of Scotland to sit in the House of Lords. It Queen Anne, depicting the guaranteed that the Church of Scotland would remain the established Tudor rose and the Scottish church in Scotland, that the Court of Session would "remain in all time thistle growing out of the coming within Scotland", and that Scots law would "remain in the same same stem. force as before". Other provisions included the restatement of the Act of Settlement 1701 and the ban on Roman Catholics from taking the throne. It also created a customs union and monetary union.

The Act provided that any "laws and statutes" that were "contrary to or inconsistent with the terms" of the Act would "cease and become void."

Soon after the Union, the Act 6 Anne c.40 (later infelicitously named the Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707) united the English and Scottish Privy Councils and decentralised Scottish administration by appointing justices of the peace in each shire to carry out administration. In effect it took the day-to-day government of Scotland out of the hands of politicians and into those of the College of Justice. Criticisms

The English and Scottish parliaments had evolved along different lines; especially, the Parliament of Scotland had been unicameral while that of England had been bicameral. Following Union, the parliament at Westminster followed the English model.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 7/19 17/10/2014 Acts of Union 1707 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Defoe drew upon his Scottish experience to write his Tour thro' the whole Island of Great Britain, published in 1726, where he admitted that the increase of trade and population in Scotland, which he had predicted as a consequence of the Union, was "not the case, but rather the contrary".

However, by the time Samuel Johnson and James Boswell made their tour in 1773, recorded in A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, Johnson noted that Scotland was "a nation of which the commerce is hourly extending, and the wealth increasing" and in particular that Glasgow had become one of the greatest cities of Britain. 300th anniversary

A commemorative two-pound coin was issued to mark the tercentennial—300th anniversary—of the Union, which occurred two days before the Scottish Parliament general election on 3 May 2007.[28]

The Scottish Executive held a number of commemorative events through the year including an education project led by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, an exhibition of Union-related objects and documents at the National Museums of Scotland and an exhibition of portraits of people associated with the Union at the National Galleries of Scotland.[29] The £2 coin issued in the United Scottish Voting Records Kingdom in 2007 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Acts of Voting Records for the 16 January 1707 ratification of the Union Treaty of Union Commissioner Constituency/Position Party Vote James Graham, 1st Lord President of the Court Yes Duke of Montrose Council of Scotland Party John Campbell, 2nd Court Yes Duke of Argyll Party John Hay, 2nd Squadrone Marquess of Yes Volante Tweeddale William Kerr, 2nd Court Yes Marquess of Lothian Party John Erskine, 22nd Court Stirling Yes Earl of Mar Party John Gordon, 16th Court Yes Earl of Sutherland Party John Hamilton- Squadrone Leslie, 9th Earl of Yes Volante Rothes James Douglas, 11th Yes Earl of Morton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 8/19 17/10/2014 Acts of Union 1707 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

William Yes Cunningham, 12th Earl of Glencairn James Hamilton, 6th Yes Earl of Abercorn John Ker, 1st Duke Squadrone Yes of Roxburghe Volante Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Yes Haddington John Maitland, 5th Yes Earl of Lauderdale David Wemyss, 4th Yes Earl of Wemyss William Ramsay, 5th Yes Earl of Dalhousie James Ogilvy, 4th Banffshire Yes Earl of Findlater David Leslie, 3rd Yes Earl of Leven David Carnegie, 4th Yes Earl of Northesk Earl of Belcarras Yes Archibald Douglas, Yes 1st Earl of Forfar William Boyd, 3rd Yes Earl of Kilmarnock John Keith, 1st Earl Yes of Kintore Patrick Hume, 1st Squadrone Yes Earl of Marchmont Volante George Mackenzie, Yes 1st Earl of Cromartie Archibald Primrose, Yes 1st Earl of Rosebery David Boyle, 1st Earl Yes of Glasgow Charles Hope, 1st Yes Earl of Hopetoun Henry Scott, 1st Earl Yes of Deloraine Archibald Campbell, Yes Earl of Illay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 9/19 17/10/2014 Acts of Union 1707 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

William Hay, Yes Viscount Dupplin William Forbes, 12th Yes Lord Forbes John Elphinstone, Yes 8th Lord Elphinstone William Ross, 12th Yes Lord Ross James Sandilands, Yes 7th Lord Torphichen Lord Fraser Yes George Ogilvy, 3rd Yes Lord Banff Alexander Murray, Yes 4th Lord Elibank Kenneth Sutherland, Yes 3rd Lord Duffus Robert Rollo, 4th Yes Lord Rollo

James Murray, Lord Lord Clerk Register Yes Philiphaugh Adam Cockburn, Lord Justice Clerk Yes Lord Ormiston Sir Robert Dickson Edinburghshire Yes of Inverask William Nisbet of Squadrone Yes Dirletoun Volante John Cockburn, Squadrone younger, of Yes Volante Ormestoun Sir John Swintoun of Court Yes that ilk Party Sir Alexander Campbell of Berwickshire Yes Cessnock Sir William Kerr of Squadrone Yes Greenhead Volante Archibald Douglas of Court Yes Cavers Party William Bennet of Court Yes Grubbet Party Mr John Murray of Court Selkirkshire Yes Bowhill Party http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 10/19 17/10/2014 Acts of Union 1707 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mr John Pringle of Court Yes Haining Party William Morison of Court Yes Prestongrange Party Alexander Horseburgh of that Yes ilk George Baylie of Squadrone Lanarkshire Yes Jerviswood Volante Sir John Johnstoun Court Yes of Westerhall Party William Dowglass of Yes Dornock Mr William Stewart Yes of Castlestewart Mr John Stewart of Court Yes Sorbie Party Mr Francis Court Montgomery of Ayrshire Yes Party Giffan Mr William Court Dalrymple of Ayrshire Yes Party Glenmuir Mr Robert Stewart of Yes Tillicultrie Sir Robert Pollock of Court Yes that ilk Party Mr John Montgomery of Yes Wrae John Halden of Squadrone Yes Glenagies Volante Mongo Graham of Squadrone Yes Gorthie Volante Sir Thomas Burnet of Court Kincardineshire Yes Leyes Party William Seton, Squadrone younger, of Aberdeenshire Yes Volante Pitmedden Alexander Grant, Court Yes younger, of that ilk Party Sir William Yes Mackenzie Mr Aeneas McLeod Yes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 11/19 17/10/2014 Acts of Union 1707 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yes of Cadboll Mr John Campbell of Court Argyllshire Yes Mammore Party Sir James Campbell Court Argyllshire Yes of Auchinbreck Party James Campbell, Court younger, of Argyllshire Yes Party Ardkinglass Sir William Yes Anstruther of that ilk James Halyburton of Squadrone Yes Pitcurr Volante Alexander Clackmannanshire or Court Abercrombie of Yes Banffshire Party Glassoch Mr James Dunbarr, younger, of Yes Hemprigs Alexander Douglas Court Orkney and Shetland Yes of Eagleshay Party Sir John Bruce, 2nd Squadrone Yes Baronet Volante John Scrimsour Yes Lieutenant Colonel Yes John Areskine John Mure Yes Court James Scott Montrose Yes Party Sir John Anstruther, 1st Baronet, of Anstruther Yes Anstruther James Spittle Yes Court Mr Patrick Moncrieff Yes Party Squadrone Sir Andrew Home Yes Volante Squadrone Sir Peter Halket Yes Volante Court Sir James Smollet Yes Party Mr William Yes Carmichell Mr William Yes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 12/19 17/10/2014 Acts of Union 1707 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yes Sutherland Captain Daniel Yes McLeod Sir David Dalrymple, Court Culross Yes 1st Baronet Party Sir Alexander Banff Yes Ogilvie Court Mr John Clerk Whithorn Yes Party John Ross Yes Hew Dalrymple, Yes Lord North Berwick Court Mr Patrick Ogilvie Cullen Yes Party Court George Allardyce Kintore Yes Party William Avis Yes Mr James Bethun Yes Mr Roderick Yes McKenzie John Urquhart Yes Court Daniel Campbell Inveraray Yes Party Sir Robert Forbes Yes Mr Robert Dowglass Yes Mr Alexander Court Yes Maitland Party Mr George Yes Dalrymple Mr Charles Campbell Campbeltown Yes Total Ayes 106 James Hamilton, 4th No Duke of Hamilton William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of No Annandale Charles Hay, 13th No Earl of Erroll William Keith, 9th No Earl Marischal David Erskine, 9th No Earl of Buchan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 13/19 17/10/2014 Acts of Union 1707 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Earl of Buchan Alexander Sinclair, No 9th Earl of Caithness John Fleming, 6th No Earl of Wigtown James Stewart, 5th No Earl of Galloway David Murray, 5th No Viscount of Stormont William Livingston, 3rd Viscount of No Kilsyth Alexander Fraser, No 13th Lord Saltoun Francis Sempill, 10th No Lord Sempill Charles Oliphant, 7th No Lord Oliphant John Elphinstone, No 4th Lord Balmerino Walter Stuart, 6th No Lord Blantyre William Hamilton, No 3rd Lord Bargany John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Belhaven and No Stenton Lord Colvill No Patrick Kinnaird, 3rd No Lord Kinnaird Sir John Lawder of Haddingtonshire No Fountainhall Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun Haddingtonshire No

Sir Robert Sinclair, Berwickshire No 3rd Baronet Sir Patrick Home of Berwickshire No Rentoun Sir Gilbert Elliot of No Minto William Bayllie of No Lamingtoun John Sinclair, younger, of No http:/S/etne.wviekinpesdoian.oerg/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 14/19 17/10/2014 Acts of Union 1707 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stevensone James Hamilton of No Aikenhead Mr Alexander No Fergusson of Isle Sir Hugh Cathcart of Ayrshire No Carletoun John Brisbane, younger, of Ayrshire No Bishoptoun Mr William Cochrane of No Kilmaronock Sir Humphray No Colquhoun of Luss Sir John Houstoun of No that ilk Robert Rollo of No Powhouse Thomas Sharp of No Houstoun John Murray of No Strowan Alexander Gordon of Aberdeenshire No Pitlurg John Forbes of No Colloden David Bethun of No Balfour Major Henry Balfour No of Dunboog Mr Thomas Hope of No Rankeillor Mr Patrick Lyon of No Auchterhouse Mr James Carnagie Forfarshire No of Phinhaven David Graham, Forfarshire No younger, of Fintrie William Maxwell of No Cardines Alexander McKye of No Palgown James Sinclair of No http:/S/etne.wmikpipsedteiar.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 15/19 17/10/2014 Acts of Union 1707 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia No Stempster Sir Henry Innes, No younger, of that ilk Mr George McKenzie of No Inchcoulter Robert Inglis Edinburgh No Alexander Robertson No Walter Stewart No Court Hugh Montgomery No Party Alexander Edgar No Alexander Duff Banffshire No Francis Molison No Walter Scott No

Robert Scott No Robert Kellie No John Hutchesone No Archibald Scheills No Mr John Lyon No George Brodie No George Spens No Sir David Lauder No Cuningham Mr John Carruthers No George Home New Galloway No John Bayne No Mr Robert Fraser No Total Noes 69 Total Votes 175 Sources: Records of the Parliament of Scotland (http://www.rps.ac.uk/), Parliamentary Register, p.598 (http://dbooks.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/books/PDFs/555089378.pdf)