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County Louth (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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County Louth
Former county constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Louth
 () ( ())–1801; 223 years ago (1801) (1801; 223 years ago (1801))
Seats2
Replaced byCounty Louth

County Louth was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.

Members of Parliament

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  • 1370:[1] Roger Gernon, Richard Vernon
  • 1420:[1] Bartholomew Vernon, Richard Bagot
  • 1560:[2] Nicholas Taaffe of Ballebragane and Edward Dowdall of Glaspistal
  • 1585:[2] Roger Gerlone (Garland) and William Moore of Barmeath
  • 1613–1315:[2] Christopher Verdon de Clonmore and Richard Gernon de Stabanan
  • 1634–1635:[3] Sir Christopher Bellew and Christopher Dowdall
  • 1639–1642:[2] Christopher Bellew and John Bellew (both expelled)
  • 1642–1644:[4] Philip, Lord Lisle and Col. Lawrence Crawford (both absent in England without leave)
  • 1644–1649:[4] Hon Francis Moore and Gerrard Moore
  • 1659: John Ruxton
  • 1661–1666:[4] Henry Bellingham and Sir Thomas Stanley

1689–1801

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Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament Thomas Bellew William Talbot
1692 Thomas Bellingham Sir William Tichborne
1695 Sir Henry Tichborne [5]
1703 Henry Tenison
1710 Sir Henry Tichborne, 1st Bt
1713 Richard Tisdall Stephen Ludlow
1715 Robert Moore
1727 Faithful Fortescue William Aston
1741 Henry Bellingham
1745 William Henry Fortescue[6]
1755 Thomas Tipping
1761 Anthony Foster James Fortescue
1767 Stephen Sibthorpe
1768 John Foster
1782 Thomas James Fortescue
1796 William Fortescue
1801 Replaced by Westminster constituency of County Louth

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Smith, Brendan (20 June 2013). Crisis and Survival in Late Medieval Ireland: The English of Louth and Their Neighbours, 1330–1450. Oxford University Press. p. 14. ISBN 9780199594757. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641". hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
  3. ^ Kearney, Hugh. Strafford in Ireland 1633–1641: A Study in Absolutism. p. 225.
  4. ^ a b c Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 626.
  5. ^ from 1697 Sir Henry Tichborne, 1st Bt
  6. ^ At the General Election in 1760, he was also returned for Monaghan, for which he chose to sit

References

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