Kerry (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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| Kerry Former County constituency |
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| Created | |
| Post-Union | Kerry |
| Type | Irish House of Commons |
Kerry was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. Following the Act of Union 1800 the county retained two seats.
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[edit] Boundaries and Boundary Changes
This constituency was based in County Kerry.
[edit] History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Kerry was represented with two members.[1]
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] 1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Nicholas Brown | Sir Thomas Crosby | ||||
| 1692 | Edward Denny | Hon. Thomas FitzMaurice | ||||
| 1697 | William Sandes | |||||
| 1703 | Edward Denny | John Blennerhassett | ||||
| 1709 | John Blennerhassett | |||||
| 1713 | Sir Maurice Crosbie | |||||
| 1715 | John Blennerhassett | |||||
| 1727 | Arthur Denny | |||||
| 1743 | Hon. John FitzMaurice | |||||
| 1751 | John Blennerhassett | |||||
| 1759 | Lancelot Crosbie | |||||
| 1761 | Viscount FitzMaurice | John Blennerhassett | ||||
| 1762 | John Blennerhassett | |||||
| 1763 | Thomas FitzMaurice | |||||
| 1768 | Barry Denny | |||||
| 1775 | Arthur Blennerhassett | |||||
| 1776 | Rowland Bateman | |||||
| 1783 | Sir Barry Denny, 1st Bt | Richard Townsend Herbert | ||||
| 1790 | John Blennerhassett | |||||
| May 1794 | John Gustavus Crosbie | |||||
| July 1794 | Sir Barry Denny, 2nd Bt | |||||
| 1795 | Maurice FitzGerald | |||||
| 1798 | James Crosbie | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kerry | |||||
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 501
[edit] Bibliography
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0788419277.
- Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4 , and online [1]
- T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons
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