Donegal County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Donegal | |
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Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | |
Abolished | 1800 |
Replaced by | Donegal |
Donegal County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. The county received two seats at Westminster thereafter.
History[]
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Donegal County was not represented.[1] Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1613 | Sir John Vaughan[2] | [2] | ||||
1634 | ||||||
1639 | Sir Ralph Gore | Sir Paul Davys[2] | ||||
1656 | Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet | Thomas Newburgh | ||||
1661 | Sir Charles Hamilton[3] | Richard Perkins[2] | ||||
1689 | Donegal County was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | |||||
1692 | Gustavus Hamilton | |||||
1695 | Henry Conyngham | |||||
1707 | Frederick Hamilton[note 1] | Whig | ||||
1713 | Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt | Whig | ||||
1716 | The Hon. Gustavus Hamilton | |||||
1727 | Alexander Montgomery | |||||
1730 | The Hon. Henry Hamilton | |||||
1735 | ||||||
1741 | Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Bt | |||||
1743 | ||||||
Sir Ralph Gore, 6th Bt | ||||||
Robert Clements | ||||||
John McCausland | Alexander Montgomery | Patriot | ||||
Robert Clements | ||||||
1783 | Henry Vaughan Brooke | |||||
1800 | Viscount Sudley | |||||
1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Donegal |
Notes[]
- ^ Styled as The Honourable from 1715
References[]
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.
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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 Donegal
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800