Note 40 — Chapter VIII · At Home on Speyside—The Last Call to Arms of Clan Grant—A Double Funeral—Macdowal Grant of Arndilly—Aberlour Orphanage.

Until the Reform Bill was passed, the burghs of Banff, Cullen, Elgin, Inverury and Kintore, were represented by one Member of Parliament, the town council of each burgh selecting a delegate to represent the community at the election, which took place at each town in rotation.