Enniskillen (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Coordinates: 54°20′49″N 7°38′24″W / 54.347°N 7.640°W / 54.347; -7.640

Enniskillen
Former constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created1613 (1613)
Abolished1800
Replaced byEnniskillen

Enniskillen was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History[]

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

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801[]

1613–1801[]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1613 Roger Atkinson Humphrey Farnham
1634 Sir John Borlase Sir Paul Davys
1639 Captain Sir John Borlase Arthur Champion
1661 Sir Michael Cole Sir Robert Cole
1689 Enniskillen was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692 Sir Arthur Cole, 2nd Bt Sir Michael Cole
1695
1703
1711 John Corry
1713 Richard Cole
1727 James Saunderson
1730 John Cole
1761 Hon. William Willoughby Cole
February 1768 Richard Gorges[note 1]
August 1768 Armar Lowry[note 2]
1769
1771
1776 Sir Archibald Acheson, 6th Bt
1777 Henry Flood Irish Patriot Party
October 1783 Sir John Blaquiere [note 3]
1783 James Stewart
1790 Arthur Cole-Hamilton Richard Magenis
1797 Hon. Lowry Cole
1800 Henry Osborne
1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Enniskillen

Notes[]

  1. ^ Changed surnamed Gorges-Meredyth in 1775
  2. ^ Also elected for Tyrone in 1768, for which he chose to sit
  3. ^ Also elected for Carlingford in 1783, for which he chose to sit

References[]

  1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 503

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)
  • 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.
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