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Augher (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Coordinates: 54°27′50″N 7°10′08″W / 54.464°N 7.169°W / 54.464; -7.169
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54°27′50″N 7°10′08″W / 54.464°N 7.169°W / 54.464; -7.169

Augher
Former Corporation constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created1614 (1614)
Abolished1800
Replaced byDisenfranchised

Augher was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until the Acts of Union 1800 came into force on 1 January 1801.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Augher was not represented.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1613 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Ralph Birchenshaw style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Skorye
1634 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Meredith style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir James Erskine
1639 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Byron style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Peasley, died and replaced
in 1641 by
Robert Martin
1661 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Mervyn style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Palfrey
1689 Augher was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Moutray style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Archibald Richardson
1695 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Thomas Pakenham style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | David Creighton
1703 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Moutray style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Hamilton
1713 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Balfour style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Mervyn
1727 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Tighe
1737 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Richardson
1739 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Gorges
1755 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | St George Richardson
1761 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Montgomery rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Moutray
1768 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Rochfort
1776 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Hamilton style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir William Fortick
October 1783 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Richardson [note 1] style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Vaughan Brooke [note 2]
1783 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Samuel Hayes [note 3]
1790 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Coghlan rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edmond Stanley
1794 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Stewart [note 4]
1798 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Bailey style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Galbraith
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes

  1. ^ Created a baronet in 1787
  2. ^ Also elected for Donegal County in 1783, for which he chose to sit
  3. ^ Created a baronet in 1789
  4. ^ Also elected for Bangor in 1797, for which he chose to sit

References

  1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 504

Bibliography

  • O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  • 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.