Charleville (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Charleville | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1673 |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Charleville was a constituency in County Cork represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.
History
The town it represented was named after Charles II. It was enfranchised in 1673, with a sovereign, 12 burgesses and freemen. It belonged to the Earl of Orrery, a branch of the Boyle family. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Charleville was represented with two members.[1] At the end of the 18th Century the constituency was controlled by the Earl of Shannon and the Earl of Cork who each nominated one member. The compensation of £15,000 for the loss of the seats in the Act of Union 1800 was divided equally between them.
Members of Parliament, 1673–1801
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Baggot | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Power | ||
| 1692 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Boreman | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | George Crofts [note 1] | ||
| 1695 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Hon. Charles Boyle | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Ormsby | ||
| 1703 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | George Evans | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert FitzGerald | ||
| 1713 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Matthew Deane, 3rd Bt | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Brettridge Badham | ||
| 1715 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | George Evans | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Boyle | ||
| 1721 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Purdon | ||||
| 1725 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James O'Brien | ||||
| 1727 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Lysaght | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Price Hartstonge | ||
| 1744 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Barry | ||||
| 1759 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Viscount Dungarvon | ||||
| 1761 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert Barry | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard Longfield | ||
| 1768 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Lysaght | ||||
| 1776 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard Cox | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Warren | ||
| October 1783 | rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Rogerson Cotter | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Bennett [note 2] | ||
| 1783 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard St George | ||||
| 1790 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir John Blaquiere, 1st Bt | ||||
| 1798 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Charles Boyle | ||||
| 1800 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | George Nugent | ||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
- ^ Expelled in October 1692
- ^ Also elected for Castlemartyr in 1783, for which he chose to sit
References
- ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 501
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) - Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800., Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4,[1]
- Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press ISBN 1-84682-030-8,
- T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534–1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
- 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.