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The 6th Earl of Balcarres, a Scottish representative peer between 1784 and 1796 and 1802 and 1825. The 8th Earl of Lauderdale, a Scottish representative peer between 1790 and 1796. The 5th Earl of Selkirk, a Scottish representative peer between 1806 and 1818. The 9th Lord Napier, a Scottish representative peer between 1824 and 1832.
However, already-elected Irish peers continued to be entitled to sit until their death. Elections for Scottish peers ended in 1963, when all Scottish peers obtained the right to sit in the House of Lords. Under the House of Lords Act 1999, a new form of representative peer was introduced to allow some hereditary peers to stay in the House of Lords.
A full list can be found at List of Scottish representative peers. Pages in category "Scottish representative peers" ... 1958 Scottish representative peer by-election;
The elections were not without controversy: in November 1708, four Scottish peers - William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale, John Earl of Sutherland, Patrick Earl of Marchmont, and William Lord Rosse - presented a petition in the House of Lords complaining of irregularities in the voting which they claimed had led to them being unfairly ...
Scottish Peers were entitled to sit in the ancient Parliament of Scotland. After the Union, the Peers of the old Parliament of Scotland elected 16 Scottish representative peers to sit in the House of Lords at Westminster.
1958 Scottish representative peer by-election; 1959 Scottish representative peers election; D. Decreet of Ranking of 1606; F. List of family seats of Scottish ...
The Scottish Representative Peers Act 1707 (6 Ann. c. 78) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The whole act was repealed by sections 4 and 7(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Peerage Act 1963 .
A by-election for a Scottish representative peer took place on 1 October 1958 at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.The election was caused by the death of Archibald Murray, 16th Lord Sinclair.