Coleraine (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Coordinates: 55°07′55″N 6°40′05″W / 55.132°N 6.668°W / 55.132; -6.668

Coleraine
Former constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created ()
Abolished1800
Seats2
Replaced byColeraine

Coleraine 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.

History[]

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Coleraine was not represented.[1] The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the Act of Union 1800.

Members of Parliament[]

  • 1613–1615 Sir Barnabas O'Brien, later Earl of Thomond and John Wilkinson [2]
  • 1634–1635 George Bland and Edward Rowley [2]
  • 1639–1645 Charles Monck [3] (not duly elected - replaced by Edmond Cossens) and Thomas Harman [2]
  • 1661–1666 Randal Beresford and Stephen Cuppage (died and replaced 1666 by William Jackson) [2]

1692–1801[]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Coleraine was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692
1695
September 1703 [note 1]
1703
1713 Whig Whig
1715 Sir Marcus Beresford, 4th Bt Whig
1721 Francis Burton
1727
1751 Richard Jackson
1757
1761 Lord La Poer
1763
1768 John Beresford[note 2]
August 1768 Theophilus Jones
1776 Hon. Richard Annesley
1783 John Beresford[note 3]
October 1783 Arthur Wolfe
1789 George Jackson John Beresford[note 4]
1791 George FitzGerald Hill
1795
1796
January 1798 Earl of Tyrone[note 5] John Beresford[note 6]
1798 Walter Jones
1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Coleraine

Notes[]

  1. ^ Also elected for Bandonbridge in 1703, for which he chose to sit
  2. ^ Also elected for Waterford County in 1768, for which he chose to sit
  3. ^ Also elected for Waterford County in 1783, for which he chose to sit
  4. ^ Also elected for Waterford County in 1789, for which he chose to sit
  5. ^ Also elected for Londonderry County in 1798, for which he chose to sit
  6. ^ Also elected for Waterford County in 1798, for which he chose to sit

References[]

  1. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
  2. ^ a b c d Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 625.
  3. ^ Burke, John. A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. p. 792.

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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