Coleraine (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Coordinates: 55°07′55″N 6°40′05″W / 55.132°N 6.668°W
Coleraine | |
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Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | |
Abolished | 1800 |
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Coleraine |
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 | ||
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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[]
- ^ Also elected for Bandonbridge in 1703, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Waterford County in 1768, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Waterford County in 1783, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Waterford County in 1789, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Londonderry County in 1798, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Waterford County in 1798, for which he chose to sit
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:
- Coleraine
- Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
- Historic constituencies in County Londonderry
- 1611 establishments in Ireland
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies established in 1611
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800