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Lanesborough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Lanesborough
Former Borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created ()
Abolished1800

Lanesborough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It takes its name from the village of Lanesborough in Co. Longford.

Members of Parliament

1661–1692

Election First member Second member
1661 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Maurice Barklay rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Edward Crofton, 1st Baronet

1689 (Patriot Parliament)

Election First member Second member
1689 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Oliver FitzGerald rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Roger Farrell

1692–1801

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1692 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Fergus Farrell [1] rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Humphrey Jervis
October 1692 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Handcock
1695 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Gardiner
1703 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Nicholas Sankey style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Fox
1713 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Burgh rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Wentworth Harman
1715 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Bray[2]
1727 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Marlay rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Burgh
1731 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Anthony Marlay
1759 style="background-color: Template:Irish Patriot Party/meta/color" | John Hely-Hutchinson Patriot
1761 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Harward style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Gore
1768 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Matthias Earbery
1771 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Bellingham Swan
1776 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Dillon style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Hely-Hutchinson Administration
October 1783 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | David La Touche[3]
1783 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Cornelius Bolton
1790 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Gervase Parker Bushe rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Stephen Moore
1794 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Smith
January 1798 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edmond Stanley style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John La Touche[4]
1798 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Martin
1800 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Kelly[5]

Notes

  1. ^ expelled on 22 October 1692
  2. ^ William Burgh and Henry Fox declared not duly elected in 1715
  3. ^ Also returned for Belturbet, for which he chose to sit
  4. ^ Also returned for Co. Kildare, for which he chose to sit
  5. ^ The last man returned to the Irish Parliament, but never took his seat

References

  • 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.