Lifford (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Lifford
Former constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created ()
Abolished1800

Lifford was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Members of Parliament

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1613 Francis Blundell William Disney
July 1634 Roger Mainwaring[note 1] Jerome Alexander
October 1634 Matthew Mainwaring
1639 William Wandesford Robert Nettleton
1661 Edward Tarleton Hugh Berkeley
1692 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hugh Hamill style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Montgomery
1698 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert King
1703 rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | David Creighton
1709 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert King
1711 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Michael Sampson
1719 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Hamilton
1727 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Abraham Creighton
1729 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Montgomery
1761 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Creighton
1768 rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Abraham Creighton
1773 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Cavendish
1776 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Nicholas Lawless
1789 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Cooke
1790 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Viscount Creighton
1798 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Creighton
1801 Disenfranchised
  1. ^ Also elected for Banagher, for which he chose to sit.

References

  • Return of Members of Parliament (1878), vol. ii, p. 611.
  • 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.