County Kerry (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Kerry
Former County constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created ()
Abolished1800
Replaced byKerry

Kerry was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. Following the Act of Union 1800 the county retained two seats.

Boundaries and boundary changes

This constituency was based in County Kerry.

History

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

Members of Parliament

  • 1585: John Fitzgerald and Thomas Spring[2]
  • 1613–1615: Daniel O'Sullivan Beare and Stephen Rice of Ballyruddell[2]
  • 1634–1635: John FitzGerald[3] and Walter Crosbie[4] and Sir Valentine Browne[2]
  • 1639–1649: Valentine Browne II (died 1640 and replaced by Maurice Fitzgerald) and Sir Edward Denny[2]
  • 1654: Sir Hardress Waller; Henry Ingoldsby (First Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
  • 1656: Sir Hardress Waller; Henry Ingoldsby (Second Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
  • 1659: Sir Hardress Waller; Henry Ingoldsby (Third Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
  • 1661–1666: Captain John Blennerhassett, snr and Arthur Denny[5]

1689–1801

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Nicholas Brown style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Thomas Crosbie
1692 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Denny style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. Thomas FitzMaurice
1697 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Sandes
1703 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Denny style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Blennerhassett
1709 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Blennerhassett
1713 rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Maurice Crosbie
1715 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Blennerhassett
1727 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Arthur Denny
1743 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. John FitzMaurice
1751 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Blennerhassett
1759 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Lancelot Crosbie
1761 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Viscount FitzMaurice rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Blennerhassett
1762 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Blennerhassett
1763 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Fitzmaurice
1768 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Barry Denny
1775 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Arthur Blennerhassett
1776 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Rowland Bateman
1783 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Barry Denny, 1st Bt style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Townsend Herbert
1790 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Blennerhassett
May 1794 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Gustavus Crosbie
July 1794 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Barry Denny, 2nd Bt
1795 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Maurice FitzGerald
1798 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Crosbie
1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kerry

Notes

References

  1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 501
  2. ^ a b c d http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
  3. ^ McGrath, Bríd (2017). "Sex, lies and rigged returns – the Kerry county parliamentary election of 11 June 1634 and its consequences". Parliaments, Estates and Representation. 37: 241–255. doi:10.1080/02606755.2017.1373909.
  4. ^ The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland; Or, The Ancient and ..., Volume 3. p. 154.
  5. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.

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, and online [1]
  • 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.