Dundalk (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Dundalk | |
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Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1264 |
Abolished | 1801 |
Replaced by | Dundalk |
Dundalk was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Dundalk was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1264–1801
1689–1801
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert Dermott | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Dowdall | ||
1692 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Perceval | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Shaw | ||
1695 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Kilner Brasier | ||||
1703 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Bellingham | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Somerville | ||
1707 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard Tisdall | ||||
1713 | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Brooke | ||||
1715 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Hamilton | ||||
1719 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Morrison | ||||
1721 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Tisdall | ||||
1727 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Fortescue | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Hans Hamilton | ||
1728 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Hamilton | ||||
1757 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Fortescue | ||||
May 1761 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Smyth [note 1] | rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert Waller | ||
1761 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | David La Touche | ||||
1768 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Henry Fortescue [note 2] | ||||
1769 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Smyth | ||||
1771 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Sheil | ||||
1776 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Conyngham | ||||
1781 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert Lindsay | ||||
1783 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Viscount Jocelyn | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Hon. George Jocelyn | ||
1798 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Jocelyn | ||||
1799 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Straton | ||||
1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Dundalk |
Notes
- ^ Also elected for Antrim Borough in 1761, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Monaghan Borough in 1768, for which he chose to sit
References
- ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 502
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.