Augher (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Coordinates: 54°27′50″N 7°10′08″W / 54.464°N 7.169°W / 54.464; -7.169
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54°27′50″N 7°10′08″W / 54.464°N 7.169°W / 54.464; -7.169

Augher
Former Corporation constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created1614 (1614)
Abolished1800
Replaced byDisenfranchised

Augher was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until the Acts of Union 1800 came into force on January 1, 1801.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Augher was not represented.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1614–1801

1613–1801

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1613 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Ralph Birchenshaw style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Skorye
1634 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Meredith style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Erskine
1639 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Byron style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Peasley, replaced
in 1641 by
Robert Martin
1661 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Mervyn style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Palfrey
1689 Augher was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Moutray style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Archibald Richardson
1695 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Thomas Pakenham style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | David Creighton
1703 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Moutray style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Hamilton
1713 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Balfour style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Mervyn
1727 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Tighe
1737 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Richardson
1739 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Gorges
1755 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | St George Richardson
1761 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Montgomery rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Moutray
1768 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Rochfort
1776 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Hamilton style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir William Fortick
October 1783 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Richardson [note 1] style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Vaughan Brooke [note 2]
1783 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Samuel Hayes [note 3]
1790 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Coghlan rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edmond Stanley
1794 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Stewart [note 4]
1798 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Bailey style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Galbraith
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes

  1. ^ Created a baronet in 1787
  2. ^ Also elected for Donegal County in 1783, for which he chose to sit
  3. ^ Created a baronet in 1789
  4. ^ Also elected for Bangor in 1797, for which he chose to sit

References

  1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 504

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.