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Dingwall (Burgh)

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The Parliamentary Burgh of Dingwall was a constituent of two successive District of Burghs, Tain and Wick.

Dingwall had been a constituency in its own right in the Parliament of Scotland.

From 1716 to 1745 the Munros controlled Dingwall, with Robert Munro as provost — but not without something like two armed Munro "invasions" of the county town in 1721 and 1740, when opposing councillors were abducted to secure a favourable result (for the first incident Colonel Robert and his brother were fined £200 each,[1] and after the second his parliamentary career came to an abrupt end with defeat at the 1741 election).

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  1. ^ Mackenzie, Alexander (1898). History of the Munros of Fowlis. A. & W. Mackenzie. pp. 121–127.