Castlebar (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Castlebar | |
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Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1614 |
Abolished | 1800 |
Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Castlebar was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1800. The area is in County Mayo. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those who were married to Catholics could not vote.
History[]
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Castlebar was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1613–1801[]
- 1613–1615 Sir John Bingham and Thomas Peyton [2]
- 1634–1635 Sir Henry Bingham, 1st Bt[2]
- 1639–1648 Sir Henry Bingham, 1st Bt and Sir George Carr [2]
- 1661–1666 Sir George Bingham, 2nd Bt and William Rowse (AWOL and replaced 1665 by Sir Hugh Middleton, 3rd Baronet)[2]
1689–1801[]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | ||||||
1692 | [note 1] | |||||
August 1695 | ||||||
1695 | ||||||
1703 | Gerald Cuffe | |||||
1713 | Sir George Browne, 4th Bt | |||||
1715 | Henry Bingham | |||||
1727 | John Wynne | |||||
1744 | John Browne | |||||
1747 | ||||||
May 1761 | Joshua Cooper | Sir Charles Bingham, 7th Bt[note 2] | ||||
1761 | ||||||
1768 | ||||||
1775 | ||||||
1776 | Stephen Popham | |||||
1783 | James Browne | |||||
1790 | Edward FitzGerald | John Francis Cradock | ||||
January 1798 | Denis Browne[note 3] | |||||
1798 | ||||||
1800 | ||||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |
Notes[]
References[]
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.
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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.
Categories:
- Castlebar
- Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
- Historic constituencies in County Mayo
- 1614 establishments in Ireland
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies established in 1614
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800