County Carlow (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Appearance
Carlow | |
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Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Carlow |
Province | Leinster |
Former constituency | |
Created | |
Abolished | 1800 |
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Carlow County |
Carlow County was a constituency representing County Carlow in the Irish House of Commons, the lower house in the Irish Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Carlow County was represented with two members.[1] When the Acts of Union 1800 merged the Irish Parliament into the United Kingdom Parliament with effect from 1 January 1801, Carlow County sent to two MPs to the United Kingdom House of Commons.
Members of Parliament
- 1375: Godfrey de Valle and Philip de Valle[2]
- 1559: William FitzWilliam and Sir Edmund Butler [3]
- 1585: Sir Henry Wallop and Geoffrey Fenton [3]
- 1613–1615: Sir Morgan Cavanagh and George Bagenal of Dunleckny [3]
- 1634–1635: Sir Thomas Butler, Bt and James Butler of Tinnehinch [3]
- 1639–1649: Sir Thomas Butler, Bt and Oliver Eustace [3]
- 1659: Sir Thomas Harman[citation needed]
- 1661–1666: Sir John Temple and Sir William Temple[4]
1689–1801
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | Dudley Bagnal | Henry Luttrell | ||||
1692 | Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Bt | John Tench | ||||
1695 | John Allen | |||||
1703 | Pierce Butler[a] | |||||
1704 | Thomas Burdett | |||||
1713 | Jeffrey Paul | |||||
1715 | Francis Harrison | Thomas Burdett[b] | ||||
1725 | Jeffrey Paul | |||||
1727 | Robert Burton | |||||
1730 | Richard Butler[c] | |||||
1761 | Benjamin Burton | Thomas Butler | ||||
1767 | John Hyde | |||||
1768 | Beauchamp Bagenal | William Henry Burton | ||||
1776 | William Bunbury | |||||
1778 | Beauchamp Bagenal | |||||
1783 | Sir Richard Butler, 7th Bt | |||||
1790 | Henry Bruen | |||||
1796 | Sir Richard Butler, 7th Bt | |||||
1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Carlow County |
- Notes
References
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 500.
- ^ Clarke, Maude V. (1932–34). "William of Windsor in Ireland, 1369-1376". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature. 41: 55–130. JSTOR 25515963.
The returns are preceded by a short narrative describing the refusal of the Parliament of Kilkenny (October 6, 1375) to grant an aid to the king [p.123] […] The sheriff of Carlow. […] Their inability was explained to the Governor and to Dagworth in the Parliament of Kilkenny by Godfrey de Valle and Philip de Valle, knights representing the county. [p.125]
- ^ a b c d e McGrath, Brid (1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641 (thesis). Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History. hdl:2262/77206.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 607.
Bibliography
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.