Knocktopher (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Knocktopher | |
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Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | |
Abolished | 1800 |
Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Knocktopher was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Knocktopher was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament
- 1661–1666 Sir Patrick Weymes (died and replaced 1661 by James Weymes) and Oliver Jones (died and replaced 1664 by Sir Maurice Eustace, junior)[2]
1689–1801
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Harvy Morris | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Meagh | ||
1689 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Redmond Purcell | ||||
1692 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Robinson | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Anthony Maude [note 1] | ||
1695 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Worth | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Blayney Sandford | ||
1713 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Roscarrick Dunkin | ||||
1715 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Wall | ||||
1741 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Benjamin Burton | ||||
1747 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard Ponsonby | ||||
1761 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir William Fownes, 2nd Bt | rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Hercules Langrishe [note 2] | ||
1776 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Andrew Caldwell | ||||
1783 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert Langrishe | ||||
1796 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard Hardinge | ||||
1798 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir George Shee, 1st Bt | ||||
March 1800 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Staples [note 3] | ||||
April 1800 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Stephen Mahon | ||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |
Notes
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.
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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.