Peter - long time no hear! Dunkeld was indeed a Commissary Court, and so he would have held that post. Commissioners were the old name for representatives who sat in the Scottish parliament up to 1707, but there never was a Pitcairn who sat in the Scottish parliament as a commissioner. Have you consulted "The History of Fife Pitcairns, with transcripts from old charters", by Constance Pitcairn, published 1905? I have a copy on CD-ROM from Archive CD Books. Gordon Johnson. Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 12:22:47 EST, Peter wrote: > One of my ancestors, an Alexander Pitcairn, was commissioner, or even > commissary of Dunkeld in the 1740s. Does anyone know what this was? > > thanks > > Peter (de Loriol) >