Jamestown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Jamestown | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1622 |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Jamestown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It took its name from Jamestown, County Leitrim.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Jamestown was represented with two members.[1]
Jamestown was a small village containing approximately 48 houses.[2]
Members of Parliament, 1622–1801
- 1634–1635 Charles Coote jnr and Sir William Anderson [3]
- 1639–1649 Sir John Giffard and Sir Francis Hamilton [3]
- 1661–1666 Sir Robert Meredith [4] and Sir William Dixon [5]
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Alexander Mac Donnell | William Shanley | ||||
| 1692 | John Mahon | Robert Smith | ||||
| 1695 | Edmond Reynell | |||||
| 1703 | John King | |||||
| 1709 | Gilbert King | |||||
| 1715 | Hon. Algernon Coote | |||||
| 1721 | Richard Geering | John King | ||||
| 1727 | Robert French | |||||
| 1737 | Gilbert King | |||||
| 1745 | Richard Liddell | |||||
| 1747 | John Gore | |||||
| 1761 | Roger Palmer | Edward Loftus | ||||
| 1768 | James Browne | John FitzGibbon | ||||
| 1776 | Viscount Westport | Richard Martin | Patriot | |||
| 1781 | John Hall | |||||
| 1783 | Sir Francis Hutchinson | Henry Bruen | ||||
| 1790 | Arthur Wolfe | Henry Wood | ||||
| 1796 | Robert Edward King[note 1] | |||||
| 1798 | Gilbert King | John King | ||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
- ^ Styled as The Honourable from 1797
References
- ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 503
- ^ Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (24 October 1836). "Parliamentary Papers". H.M. Stationery Office – via Google Books.
- ^ a b McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641". hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- ^ "The Irish merediths". Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 623.
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.