Belturbet (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Belturbet | |
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Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Cavan |
Province | Ulster |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1614 |
Abolished | 1800 |
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Belturbet 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.
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Belturbet was represented with two members.[1] The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the Acts of Union 1800.
Members of Parliament, 1613–1801[]
- 1613–1615 Sir Hugh Wirrall and George Grimesditch[2]
- 1634–1635 Sir Arthur Blundell and Sir William Ryves
- 1639–1649 John Borlase, later Lord Justice of Ireland[3] and Richard Ashe (expelled 1642)
- 1661–1666 Stephen Butler (died and replaced 1662 by ) and Thomas Warsopp
1689–1801[]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | ||||||
1692 | ||||||
1703 | Thomas Taylor[a] | |||||
1713 | Theophilus Butler | Brinsley Butler | ||||
1715 | Charles Delafaye | |||||
1725 | Hon. Humphrey Butler | |||||
1727 | ||||||
1736 | ||||||
1755 | ||||||
1761 | [b] | |||||
1761 | [c] | |||||
1763 | Edward Tighe | |||||
1768 | ||||||
1771 | ||||||
1776 | ||||||
1783 | Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Bt | |||||
1790 | Maurice Coppinger | |||||
1798 | ||||||
1800 | Blayney Townley Balfour | |||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |
- Notes
References[]
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 608.
- ^ Terry Clavin, 'Borlase, Sir John (c.1576–1648)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006
Bibliography[]
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
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has extra text (help) - Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
Categories:
- Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
- Historic constituencies in County Cavan
- 1614 establishments in Ireland
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies established in 1614
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800