Cavan Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Cavan | |
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Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Cavan |
Province | Ulster |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1611 |
Abolished | 1800 |
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Cavan Borough 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.
Boundaries and Boundary Changes[]
This constituency was the borough of Cavan in County Cavan.
History[]
It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1611 to 1800. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Cavan Borough was represented with two members.[1] The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the Acts of Union 1800.
Members of Parliament, 1611–1801[]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1613 | Hugh Culme | George Seaton | ||||
1614 | Walter Brady | Thomas Brady | ||||
1634 | Brockhill Taylor | Alan Cooke | ||||
1639 | Alan Cooke | Edward Lake (expelled 1640) | ||||
Interregnum | Irish MPs sat in the Parliament of the Protectorate | |||||
1661 | William Moore | Thomas Ashe | ||||
1689 Patriot Parliament | Philip Og O'Reilly | Hugh Reily | ||||
1692 | Robert Saunders | |||||
1709 | Joseph Addison | |||||
1713 | Theophilus Clements | |||||
1715 | ||||||
1729 | Henry Clements | |||||
1745 | ||||||
1747 | Edward Weston | |||||
1750 | ||||||
1761 | Nathaniel Clements[a] | |||||
1768 | ||||||
1769 | ||||||
1776 | Nathaniel Clements[b] | |||||
1777 | John Clements | |||||
1783 | ||||||
1790 | Lord Charles James FitzGerald | |||||
1798 | Viscount Clements[c] | |||||
1798 | George Cavendish | |||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |
- Notes
References[]
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
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
- 1611 establishments in Ireland
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies established in 1611
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800