Baltimore (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Baltimore | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1614 |
| Abolished | 1801 |
| Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Baltimore (also known as Baltimore Borough) was a potwalloper constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1801.
Boundaries and Boundary Changes
This constituency was based in the town of Baltimore in County Cork.
Potwalloper
A potwalloper (sometimes potwalloner or potwaller) is an archaic term referring to a borough constituency returning members to the British House of Commons before 1832 and the Reform Act created a uniform suffrage. (Several potwalloper constituencies were also represented in the Irish House of Commons, prior to its abolition in 1801). A potwalloper borough was one in which a householder had the right to vote if he had, in his house, a hearth large enough to boil, or wallop, a cauldron, or pot.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Baltimore was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1613–1801
Baltimore, Incorporated 25 March 1613.
- 1613–1615
- 1613 Sir Thomas Crooke, 1st Baronet
- 1613 Henry Piers
- 1634–1635
- Lott Peere
- 1635 Edward Skipwith,
- 1635 James Travers, vice Lott Peere, absent in England
- 1639–1641
- 1639 Bryan Jones
- 1639 Henry Knyveton
- 1661–1666
- 1661 Sir Nicholas Purdon
- 1661 Richard Townsend
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Daniel O'Donovan | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Jeremiah O'Donovan | ||
| 1692 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Beecher | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Richardson | ||
| 1703 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Percy Freke | ||||
| 1707 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Riggs | ||||
| 1709 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Francis Langston | ||||
| 1713 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard Barry | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Michael Beecher | ||
| 1715 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Southwell | ||||
| 1721 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Percy Freke, 2nd Bt | ||||
| 1727 | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard Tonson | ||||
| 1728 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir John Freke, 3rd Bt [note 1] | ||||
| 1761 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Clements | ||||
| 1768 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir John Evans-Freke, 1st Bt | ||||
| 1771 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Jocelyn Deane | ||||
| 1777 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Evans | ||||
| 1781 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Chatterton | ||||
| 1783 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Viscount Sudley | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard Longfield | ||
| 1790 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir John Evans-Freke, 2nd Bt | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard Grace | ||
| 1798 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | George Evans-Freke | ||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
References
- ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 500
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 February 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4
- T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
- Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press ISBN 1-84682-030-8
- 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.