Clonmines (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

Clonmines was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. It was a rotten borough associated with the deserted Norman borough of Clonmines, in south-west County Wexford.

History[]

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Clonmines was represented with two members.[1]

Members of Parliament[]

  • 1634–1635: James Brien and John Cullen [2]
  • 1639–1649: disenfranchised - no record[2]
  • 1661–1666: Francis Harvey and John Edgeworth[2]
Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament
1692 Thomas Philips
1695
1703 Walter Bunbury
1713 Nicholas Loftus
1715
November 1727 [note 1]
1727
1734
1761 Charles Tottenham
1768
1776 Arthur Loftus Charles Tottenham
1781 [note 2]
1790 Nicholas Loftus Tottenham
1791 William Tankerville Chamberlain
1794
1798 Ponsonby Tottenham Luke Fox
1799 Henry Luttrell
1800
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes[]

  1. ^ Also elected for Inistioge in 1727, for which he chose to sit
  2. ^ Also elected for Fethard (County Wexford) in 1790, for which he chose to sit

References[]

  1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 504
  2. ^ a b c McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.

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.

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