Baltimore (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Baltimore (also known as Baltimore Borough) was a potwalloper constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1801.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes[]

This constituency was based in the town of Baltimore in County Cork.

Potwalloper[]

A potwalloper (sometimes potwalloner or potwaller) is an archaic term referring to a borough constituency returning members to the British House of Commons before 1832 and the Reform Act created a uniform suffrage. (Several potwalloper constituencies were also represented in the Irish House of Commons, prior to its abolition in 1801). A potwalloper borough was one in which a householder had the right to vote if he had, in his house, a hearth large enough to boil, or wallop, a cauldron, or pot.

History[]

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

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801[]

Baltimore, Incorporated 25 March 1613.

• 1613–1615
  • 1613 Sir Thomas Crooke, 1st Baronet
  • 1613 Henry Piers
• 1634–1635
  • 1634 , absent in England and replaced 1634 by James Travers
  • 1634 Edward Skipwith,
• 1639–1641
  • 1639
  • 1639
• 1661–1666
  • 1661
  • 1661 Richard Townsend

1689–1801[]

Notes[]

References[]

Bibliography[]

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• Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 February 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4
• T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
• Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press ISBN 1-84682-030-8
• 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.