Dunleer (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Dunleer
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created1679 (1679)
Abolished1800
Seats2
Replaced byDisenfranchised

Dunleer was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.

History[]

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Dunleer was not represented.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1679–1801[]

1689–1801[]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Dunleer was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692
1703
1713
1715 Richard Tenison
1721
1725 Edward Moore
1727
1728 Thomas Tennison
1738 Anthony Foster
1761 John Foster[note 1]
1762 Dixie Coddington
1769 Robert Sibthorpe
1776 John Thomas Foster
1783 John William Foster
1790 Hon. John Foster
1793 Hon. Thomas Henry Foster
1798
1800 Quintin Dick
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes[]

  1. ^ Also elected for Louth in 1768, for which he chose to sit

References[]

  1. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.

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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