Kildare Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Kildare Borough | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | |
| Abolished | 1801 |
| Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Kildare Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Kildare Borough was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament
- 1560 John Abells and John Moore [2]
- 1585 John Wesley and William Shirgold [2]
- 1613–1615 Thomas Farbeck and Walter Fitzgerald [2]
- 1634–1635 Christopher Wandesford and Philip Pilsworth [2]
- 1639–1642 Christopher Wandesford (replaced by Nicholas Whyte) and Sir George Wentworth (died and replaced 1641 by Patrick Sarsfield) [2] (Whyte and Sarsfield expelled 1642) [3]
- 1642–1649 Alexander Borrowes (died and replaced 1643 by Robert Kennedy) [3]
- 1661–1666 Francis Peasley (sat for Newcastle - replaced by Sir Thomas Harman) and John Pecke [3]
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Francis Leigh | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert Porter | ||
| 1692 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Medlycott | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Francis Robartes | ||
| August 1695 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Palmer [note 1] | ||||
| 1695 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Davys | ||||
| 1703 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Jones | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard Locke | ||
| 1715 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Barry | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Maurice Keating [note 2] | ||
| 1716 | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard Warren | ||||
| 1725 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Maurice Keating | ||||
| 1727 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert Dixon | ||||
| 1732 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Digby | ||||
| 1735 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert Downes | ||||
| 1755 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert Harman | ||||
| May 1761 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Sandford [note 3] | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Sandford | ||
| 1761 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Garret FitzGerald | ||||
| 1768 | style="background-color: Template:Irish Patriot Party/meta/color" | | Marquess of Kildare [note 4] | Patriot | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Maurice Keating | |
| 1769 | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Simon Digby | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Joseph Henry | ||
| 1776 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt | ||||
| 1783 | style="background-color: Template:Irish Patriot Party/meta/color" | | Lord Henry FitzGerald | Patriot | |||
| 1790 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert Graydon | ||||
| 1796 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Jones Harrison | ||||
| 1798 | style="background-color: Template:Irish Patriot Party/meta/color" | | James FitzGerald | Patriot | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Brydges Trecothic Henniker | |
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
- ^ Also elected for Castlebar in 1695, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Declared not duly elected in 1715
- ^ Also elected for Harristown in 1761, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Dublin City in 1768, for which he chose to sit
References
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.