110 Tue Union oF 1707 In DUMFRIESSHIRE. 
his tomb the words, “ Unioni fortiter opposuit,’’ and it is pro- 
bably from this that the idea arose; but the Parliamentary 
division lists do not bear out the assumption. He voted against 
Article 1, which provided for an incorporating Union of England 
and Scotland into one Kingdom by the name of Great Britain ; 
he was absent from the division upon Article 2, which secured 
the succession to the monarchy of the United Kingdom to Queen 
Anne and her issue, and in default of issue to Princess Sophia, 
Electoress and Duchess of Hanover and the heirs of her body, 
being Protestants; he voted against Article 3, which established 
one British Parliament; upon the Articles dealing with the com- 
munity of trade, equality of taxation, etc., he voted sometimes 
with the majority and sometimes with the minority; and he was 
not present at any division after that upon Article 15. In view 
of the instructions given to him by the Town Council, already 
alluded to, it is curious that he was absent from the division 
upon Article 21 conserving the rights and privileges of Royal 
Burghs, and from the division upon the Act of Security in favour 
of the Church. The votes and attendances of William John- 
stone, member for Annan, are very similar to those of Provost 
Johnstone; the most regular attenders were John Carruthers, 
member for Lochmaben; and William Alves, member for San- 
quhar, the former of whom voted persistently against the Union, 
whilst the latter, with equal persistence, voted in favour of it. 
The Duke of Queensberry, as Lord High Commissioner, did not 
have a vote, and, indeed, looking to his high official position, his 
connection with the Union is of national rather than of local 
interest. There was, however, another local magnate among the 
nobility who attended the last Scots Parliament—the Marquis of 
Annandale—and his votes were generally cast against the Union, 
although he voted with the majority on one or two occasions. 
Before the final vote upon Article First was taken on 4th 
November, he offered a “Resolve’’ against an incorporating 
Union (Appendix V.); he voted with the majority in favour of 
Article Second settling the succession to the Throne; but before 
the final vote on Article Third he gave in a protest “upon the 
foot of his former resolve presented to this house ’’ (Appendix 
VI.), to which protest there was a strong adherence, among whom 
we find Alexander Fergusson of Isle, and John Carruthers, the 
member for Lochmaben. The Marquis of Annandale was 
