County Kildare (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Kildare County | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | |
| Abolished | 1801 |
| Replaced by | Kildare |
Kildare County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Kildare County was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament
Parliament of Henry VI
- 1429 Sir Richard FitzEustace
Parliament of James I
- 1613-1615 Gilbert Domvile
- 1613-1615 Sir William Talbot, 1st Baronet
Parliament of Charles II
- 1661-1666 Robert Fitzgerald
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Wogan | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | George Aylmer | ||
| 1692 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | George FitzGerald | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert FitzGerald | ||
| 1698 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Colley | ||||
| 1703 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Bt | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Keightley | ||
| 1709 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Joshua Allen [note 1] | ||||
| 1715 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Brabazon Ponsonby [note 2] | ||||
| 1725 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Francis Allen | ||||
| 1727 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard Allen | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Maurice Keating | ||
| 1745 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Kildare Borrowes, 5th Bt | ||||
| 1761 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Arthur Pomeroy | ||||
| 1776 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Lord Charles FitzGerald | ||||
| 1783 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Wolfe | ||||
| 1790 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Lord Edward FitzGerald | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Maurice Bagenal St Leger Keating | ||
| 1798 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John La Touche | ||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kildare | |||||
Notes
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.
{{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.