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

Belturbet was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.

Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Belturbet was represented with two members.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

1689–1801

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Edward Tyrrell, 1st Bt style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Philip Tuite
1692 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Francis Butler style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Warburton
1703 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Tighe style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Taylor [note 1]
1713 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Theophilus Butler rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Brinsley Butler
1715 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles Delafaye
1725 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. Humphrey Butler
1727 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Butler
1736 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Butler
1755 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Cramer
1761 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Butler [note 2]
1761 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Cramer [note 3]
1763 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Tighe
1768 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Glover
1771 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Birch
1776 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles Francis Sheridan
1783 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Bt style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | David La Touche
1790 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John McClintock style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Maurice Coppinger
1798 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles King rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Townsend
1800 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Blayney Townley Balfour
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes

  1. ^ Created a baronet in 1704
  2. ^ Also elected for Down in 1715, for which he chose to sit
  3. ^ Changed surname to Croghill in 1775

References

  1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 501
  2. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 608.
  3. ^ Terry Clavin, ‘Borlase, Sir John (c.1576–1648)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006

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.