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Roscommon (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Roscommon Borough
Former Borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created ()
Abolished1800
Replaced byDisenfranchised

Roscommon Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

Members of Parliament

1692–1801

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1692 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hercules Davys rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Sandford
1695 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Arthur Cole, 2nd Bt
September 1703 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Sandys
1703 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Westgarth
1711 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | David Kennedy
1713 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Crofton [1]
1733 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Sandford
1740 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Mahon
1759 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Sandford
1761 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, 1st Bt style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt
1768 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Nathaniel Clements rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Sandford
1769 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Tighe
1776 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Sandford
1783 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Cornwallis Maude, 3rd Bt rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Sandford
1785 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Maurice Copinger
1790 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. Nathaniel Clements
1791 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Sandford
January 1798 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Silver Oliver
1798 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Sandford
1799 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Johnson
1801 Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

  1. ^ from 1729 Sir Edward Crofton, 3rd Bt

References

  • 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.