Belturbet (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Belturbet
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Cavan
ProvinceUlster
Former constituency
Created1614 (1614)
Abolished1800
Seats2
Replaced byDisenfranchised

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
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
  1. ^ Created a baronet in 1704.
  2. ^ Also elected for Down in 1715, for which he chose to sit.
  3. ^ Changed surname to Croghill in 1775.

References[]

  1. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
  2. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 608.
  3. ^ 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. |volume= 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.

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