Dublin City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Dublin City
Dublin City
Former constituency; for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1264
Abolished	1801
Replaced by	Dublin City

Dublin City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Dublin City was represented with two members.^[1] In the 1760s the radical politician Charles Lucas used the seat as his political base.

Members of Parliament, 1264–1801

1557 James Stanihurst (speaker) ^[2]
1560 James Stanihurst (speaker) and Robert Golding ^[2]
1569 James Stanihurst (speaker) ^[2]
1585 George Taylor and Nicholas Ball ^[2]
1613-1615 Richard Bolton and Richard Barry ^[2]
1634-1635 Richard Barry and Nathaniel Catelyn Speaker ^[2]
1639–1649 Richard Barry and John Bysse ^[2]
1654–55: Daniel Hutchinson
1656–58: Richard Tighe
1659: Arthur Annesley
1661–1666 William Smith and Sir William Davys ^[3]

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Sir Michael Creagh		style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Terence Dermot
1692	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Thomas Coote		style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Sir Michael Mitchell
1695	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	William Handcock		style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Sir John Rogerson
1703	style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	John Forster	Whig	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	Benjamin Burton	Whig
1715	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	John Rogerson			Benjamin Burton	Whig
1727	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Samuel Burton		style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	William Howard
1728	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|			John Stoyte
1729	rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|			James Somerville ^{[note 1]}
1733	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Humphrey French
1737	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Nathaniel Pearson
1749	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	James Digges La Touche ^{[note 2]}
1749	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Charles Burton ^{[note 3]}		style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Sir Samuel Cooke, 1st Bt
1758	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Charles Burton ^{[note 3]}		James Dunn
1761	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	James Grattan		rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Radicals (UK)/meta/color" \|	Charles Lucas	Radical/Patriot
1767	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Irish Patriot Party/meta/color" \|	Marquess of Kildare	Patriot		Charles Lucas	Radical/Patriot
1771	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Marquess of Kildare	Patriot	William Clement
1773	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Redmond Morres
1776	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|	Sir Samuel Bradstreet, 3rd Bt	Independent
1782	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Sir Samuel Bradstreet, 3rd Bt	Independent	Travers Hartley
1784	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Nathaniel Warren		Travers Hartley
1790	style="background-color: Template:Irish Patriot Party/meta/color" \|	Lord Henry FitzGerald	Patriot	style="background-color: Template:Irish Patriot Party/meta/color" \|	Henry Grattan	Patriot
1797	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Arthur Wolfe		rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	John Claudius Beresford
July 1798	style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	George Ogle	Whig		John Claudius Beresford
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Dublin City

Elections

General Election 1790: Dublin City^[4]
	Candidate	Votes
Patriot	Henry Grattan	1695
Patriot	Lord Henry FitzGerald	1695
Pro-Government	Lord Mayor John Exshaw	836
Pro-Government	Alderman Henry Gore Sankey	776

Notes

^ Created a baronet in 1748
^ Declared not duly elected in 1749
^ Created a baronet in 1758

References

^ O'Hart (2007), p. 501
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 614.
^ Grattan, Henry (1841). Memoirs of the Life and Times of the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan, Volume 3. H. Colburn. p. 463.

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.

[4] Created a baronet in 1748

[5] Declared not duly elected in 1749

[6] Created a baronet in 1758

[1] O'Hart (2007), p. 501

[MP-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206

[3] Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 614.

[7] Grattan, Henry (1841). Memoirs of the Life and Times of the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan, Volume 3. H. Colburn. p. 463.

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