Overview
Haddington was a royal burgh that returned one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates.
After the Acts of Union 1707, Haddington, North Berwick, Dunbar, Jedburgh and Lauder formed the Haddington district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.
List of burgh commissioners
1661–63, 1665 convention, 1667 convention: William Seton, provost
1669–74: John Hay, sheriff-depute of East Lothian
1678 (convention): William Lamb, merchant, bailie
1681–82: Harie Cockburn, merchant, provost
1685–86, 1689(convention), 1689: John Sleich, provost (died c.1689)
1690–95: James Lauder, baillie (died c.1695)
1696–1701, 1702–07: Alexander Edgar, former provost
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