Dingle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dingle
Former constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created1607 (1607)
Abolished1800
Replaced byDisenfranchised

Dingle was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes[]

This constituency was based in the town of Dingle in County Kerry.

History[]

It was incorporated by charter in 1607 with a Provost, 12 Burgesses and 150 freemen two resident. It had a Corporation, and the electorate consisted of 13 burgesses and 150 freemen. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Dingle was represented with two members.[1] Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised.

Members of Parliament, 1585–1801[]

  • 1585 Thomas Trant and James Trant [2]
  • 1613–1615 Thomas Trant FitzRichard and Michael Hussey [2]
  • 1634–1635 Dominick Rice and James Rice [2][3]
  • 1639–1649 and Christopher Roper [2]
  • 1661–1666 Launcelot Sandes and Samuel Bathurst (Bathurst sat for Sligo - replaced 1661 by Robert Fowkes)[3]

1689–1801[]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament
1692
1695 John Blennerhassett
1703 Francis Brewster
1713
1727 Sir Maurice Crosbie [note 1]
1728 John FitzGerald
1731 Hon. John Perceval[note 2]
1741 Robert FitzGerald
1749
1761 Maurice FitzGerald
1776 Richard Townsend[note 3]
1777
1782 Richard Boyle Townsend
1783 Hayes St Leger[note 4]
1783 John Townsend
1795
1798 Lodge Evans Morres [note 5]
1798
1800 Hon. William Townsend Mullins
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes[]

  1. ^ Also elected for Kerry in 1727, for which he chose to sit
  2. ^ Styled as Viscount Perceval from 1733
  3. ^ Also elected for Cork County in 1776, for which he chose to sit
  4. ^ Also elected for Doneraile in 1783, for which he chose to sit
  5. ^ Also elected for Castlemartyr in 1798, for which he chose to sit

References[]

  1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 502
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.

Bibliography[]

  • O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7. |volume= has extra text (help)
  • Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 February 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4, [1]
  • T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534–1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
  • 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.

Retrieved from ""