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Inverness-shire (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Nis) or the County of Inverness, is a historic county in Scotland. It is named after Inverness , its largest settlement, which was also the county town .
Inverness-shire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1918. There was also a burgh constituency called Inverness Burghs , 1708 to 1918, and a county constituency called Inverness , 1918 to 1983.
Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Inverness elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates. From 1708 Inverness-shire was represented by one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Great Britain.
Inverness-shire, 1708 to 1918; Inverness, 1918 to 1983; Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber, 1983 to 1997; Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, 1997 to 2005; Ross, Skye and Inverness West, 1997 to 2005; Inverness Burghs was a district of burghs constituency, covering the parliamentary burghs of Inverness, Fortrose, Forres, and Nairn.
Pages in category "Inverness-shire" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The medieval lordship of Lochaber was never explicitly abolished, but more significant administrative functions were gradually given to other bodies, particularly the Sheriff of Inverness, the Commissioners of Supply for Inverness-shire established in 1667, [28] and then the Inverness-shire County Council created in 1890.
The Inverness-shire Royal Horse Artillery was a Territorial Force Royal Horse Artillery battery that was formed in Inverness-shire in 1908. It saw active service during the First World War in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign with the ANZAC Mounted Division from 1916 to 1918.
Inverness; Lochaber (headquarters in Fort William) Skye; Long Island, covering all the islands in the Outer Hebrides (North Uist, South Uist, Benbecula, Barra, and Harris) except Lewis, which was within Ross-shire; The force was originally commanded by a Superintendent, who also headed the Inverness Division.