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St Johnstown (County Longford) (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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St Johnstown
Former constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created ()
Abolished1800
Replaced byDisenfranchised

St Johnstown was a borough constituency for Ballinalee or Saintjohnstown County Longford represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Members of Parliament

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1634 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Ware style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edmund Beagan
1639 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Ware style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Dudley Loftus
1661 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Edgeworth style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Henry Piers, 1st Baronet
1689 Patriot Parliament style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir William Ellis style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Lt.-Col. James Nugent
1692 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Edgeworth style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Alexander Fraser
1695 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Aghmooty
1703 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Ambrose Edgeworth
1711 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Anthony Atkinson
1713 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Kennedy rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Edgeworth
1715 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Edgeworth
1721 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Edgeworth
1727 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Newcomen
1751 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. John Forbes
1761 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Forbes, Viscount Forbes [1] rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles Newcomen
1762 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Forbes [2]
1768 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Ralph Fetherston [3]
1773 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Jephson
1776 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. John Vaughan
1780 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sackville Hamilton
1783 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Thomas Fetherston, 2nd Bt style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Nicholas Colthurst [4]
1790 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Cavendish style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Taylor
January 1798 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, 1st Bt [5] style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Francis Hardy
1798 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Lovell Edgeworth style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Moore
1801 Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

  1. ^ Sat for Mullingar
  2. ^ from 1765 George Forbes, Viscount Forbes
  3. ^ from 1776 Sir Ralph Fetherston, 1st Bt
  4. ^ from 1787 Sir Nicholas Colthurst, 3rd Bt
  5. ^ sat for Longford County

References

  • 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.