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Donegal
Former County constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created ()
Abolished1800
Replaced byDonegal

Donegal County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. The county received two seats at Westminster thereafter.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Donegal County was not represented.[1] Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

Members of Parliament

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1613 Sir John Vaughan[2] Sir William Stewart[2]
1634
1639 Sir Ralph Gore Sir Paul Davys[2]
1656 Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet Thomas Newburgh
1661 Sir Charles Hamilton[3] Richard Perkins[2]
1689 Donegal County was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles Hamilton rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Gustavus Hamilton
1695 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Conyngham
1707 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Frederick Hamilton[note 1] Whig
1713 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt Whig
1716 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | The Hon. Gustavus Hamilton
1727 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Alexander Montgomery
1730 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | The Hon. Henry Hamilton
1735 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Knox
1741 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Bt
1743 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Andrew Knox
1747 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Ralph Gore, 6th Bt
1765 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Clements
1768 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John McCausland rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Irish Patriot Party/meta/color" | Alexander Montgomery Patriot
1776 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Clements
1783 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Vaughan Brooke
1790
1800 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Viscount Sudley
1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Donegal

Notes

  1. ^ Styled as The Honourable from 1715

References

  1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 501
  2. ^ a b c d Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 611.
  3. ^ MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800

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.

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