Fethard (County Wexford) (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Fethard
Former constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created1613 (1613)
Abolished1800
Replaced byDisenfranchised

Fethard was a constituency in County Wexford represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.

History[]

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Fethard was represented with two members.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801[]

1689–1801[]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament James Porter Nicholas Stafford
1692 Sir Richard Bulkeley, 2nd Bt Dudley Loftus
1695
1703
1710 Nicholas Loftus
1713
1715
1727 James Stopford
1733 Philip Doyne
1755 Charles Tottenham
1759 Nicholas Hume-Loftus[note 1]
1761 Hon. Nicholas Hume-Loftus
1764
1767 John Tottenham
1768 Arthur Loftus
1776 Charles Tottenham[note 2] Robert Hellen
1779 Ponsonby Tottenham
1783 Ephraim Carroll
1790 Charles Tottenham
January 1793
1793
1796 William Loftus
1798 Henry Alcock
1799
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes[]

  1. ^ Styled as The Honourable from 1763 and as Viscount Loftus from 1766
  2. ^ Also elected for Wexford Borough in 1783, for which he chose to sit

References[]

  1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 504
  2. ^ a b McGrath, Brid (10 July 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
  3. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 637.

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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