Waterford City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Waterford City
Former Corporation constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1264 (1264)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Waterford City - One seat

Waterford City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1264 to 1800. Following the Act of Union of 1800 the borough retained one seat.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was based in the city of Waterford in County Waterford.

History

It was incorporated by charter in 1264 with freeholders and freemen.

Members of Parliament

• 1585-6 Nicholas Walsh Speaker

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	John Porter		style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	Nicholas FitzGerald
1692	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	Henry Nicholls		rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	Anthony Suxbury
1695	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	Richard Christmas
1703	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |			Maynard Christian
1713	rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	Thomas Christmas
1715	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |			John Mason
1738	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |			Ambrose Congreve
1739	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |			Robert Carew
1741	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |			Christmas Paul
1747	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	Samuel Barker
1748	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |			Shapland Carew
1761	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	Cornelius Bolton		style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	Henry Alcock
1769	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |			Shapland Carew
1776	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	Cornelius Bolton		rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	Robert Shapland Carew
1783	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	Henry Alcock
1798	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	William Congreve Alcock
1801		Replaced by Westminster constituency Waterford City

See also

• Irish House of Commons
• List of Irish constituencies

References

• Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4, on line [1]
• T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
• 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.