Jamestown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Jamestown | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Leitrim |
| Borough | Jamestown |
| 1622–1801 | |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Jamestown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It took its name from Jamestown, County Leitrim.
History[edit]
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Jamestown was represented with two members.[1]
Jamestown was a small village containing approximately 48 houses.[2]
Members of Parliament, 1622–1801[edit]
- 1634–1635 Charles Coote jnr and Sir William Anderson[3]
- 1639–1649 Sir John Giffard and Sir Francis Hamilton[3]
- 1661–1666 Sir Robert Meredith[4] and Sir William Dixon[5]
1689–1801[edit]
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Alexander Mac Donnell | William Shanley | ||||
| 1692 | John Mahon | Robert Smith | ||||
| 1695 | Edmond Reynell | |||||
| 1703 | John King | |||||
| 1709 | Gilbert King | |||||
| 1715 | Hon. Algernon Coote | |||||
| 1721 | Richard Geering | John King | ||||
| 1727 | Robert French | |||||
| 1737 | Gilbert King | |||||
| 1745 | Richard Liddell | |||||
| 1747 | John Gore | |||||
| 1761 | Roger Palmer | Edward Loftus | ||||
| 1768 | James Browne | John FitzGibbon | ||||
| 1776 | Viscount Westport | Richard Martin | Patriot | |||
| 1781 | John Hall | |||||
| 1783 | Sir Francis Hutchinson | Henry Bruen | ||||
| 1790 | Arthur Wolfe | Henry Wood | ||||
| 1796 | Robert Edward King[note 1] | |||||
| 1798 | Gilbert King | John King | ||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes[edit]
- ^ Styled as The Honourable from 1797
References[edit]
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 503.
- ^ Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (24 October 1836). "Parliamentary Papers". H.M. Stationery Office – via Google Books.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "The Irish merediths". Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 623.
Bibliography[edit]
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
- 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.