Askeaton (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Askeaton
Former constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created1614 (1614)
Abolished1800
Replaced byDisenfranchised

Askeaton was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History[]

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

Members of Parliament, 1614–1801[]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1613 Roger Rice Anthony Stoughton[2]
1634 Maurice Williams Sir Hardress Waller[2]
1639 George Crofton Maurice Williams (resigned and replaced by William Dobbins)[2]
1661 Sir Anthony Morgan Richard Southwell[3]
1689 Patriot Parliament
1692 Robert Taylor
1695
1696 Chichester Phillips
1703 Robert Taylor
1713 Philip Perceval
1715 Edward Denny
1723 Berkeley Taylor
1727
1737
1747
1753 Edmond Malone
1761 Joseph Hoare[note 1] James Cotter[note 2]
1768
1776 Hon. Hugh Massy
1783 Richard Griffith
1790 Henry Alexander
January 1798 John Stewart[note 3]
1798 Sir Vere Hunt, 1st Baronet
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes[]

  1. ^ Created a baronet in 1784
  2. ^ Created a baronet in 1763
  3. ^ Also elected for Bangor in 1798, for which he chose to sit

References[]

  1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 503
  2. ^ a b c McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
  3. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 624.

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.

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