Bannow (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

Bannow was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes[]

This constituency was the borough of Bannow in County Wexford.

History[]

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Bannow was represented with two members.[1] Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised.

Members of Parliament[]

  • 1634–1635: Pierce Neville and Walter Furlong (or Walter Stapleton) [2]
  • 1639–1649: Christopher Hollywood (expelled 1642) and Gerald Cheevers (expelled 1642)[2]
  • 1661–1666: Dr Dudley Loftus and Henry Warren [3]

1689–1801[]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament
1692 Nathaniel Boyse John Cliffe
1715
1725 Samuel Boyse
1727 George Ogle
1730
1737 Nicholas Hume-Loftus[note 1]
1747 Hon. Henry Loftus
1761
1768 Charles Tottenham Robert Hellen
1776 Nicholas Loftus Tottenham
1790 Ponsonby Tottenham Ephraim Carroll
1798 William Loftus
1799 Robert Shaw
February 1800
March 1800
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes[]

  1. ^ Styled as The Honourable from 1751

References[]

  1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 504
  2. ^ a b 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. 638.

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.
  • Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800., Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 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
  • 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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