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Jamestown
Former constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created1622 (1622)
Abolished1800
Replaced byDisenfranchised

Jamestown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It took its name from Jamestown, County Leitrim.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Jamestown was represented with two members.[1]

Jamestown was a small village containing approximately 48 houses. [2]

Members of Parliament, 1622–1801

1689–1801

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Alexander MacDonnell style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Shanley
1692 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Mahon style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Smith
1695 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edmond Reynell
1703 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John King
1709 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Gilbert King
1715 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. Algernon Coote
1721 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Geering rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John King
1727 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert French
1737 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Gilbert King
1745 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Liddell
1747 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Gore
1761 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Roger Palmer style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Loftus
1768 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Browne style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John FitzGibbon
1776 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Viscount Westport rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Martin
1781 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Hall
1783 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Francis Hutchinson style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Bruen
1790 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Arthur Wolfe style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Wood
1796 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Edward King [note 1]
1798 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Gilbert King style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John King
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes

  1. ^ Styled as The Honourable from 1797

References

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.