Fore (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
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Abolished | 1800 |
Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Fore was a constituency in County Westmeath represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1612 to 1800.
History[]
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Fore was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament[]
- 1634–1635: Lucas Fitzgerald and Thomas Nugent (died 1634 and replaced by John Nugent)[2]
- 1639–1649: John Nugent (died 1647 and replaced by Oliver Walshe)
- 1661–1666: Sir Timothy Tyrrill of Buckinghamshire (absent/died and replaced 1662 by Charles Viscount Falkland. Falkland died and was replaced 1663 by John Forrest) and William Markham [3]
1689–1801[]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | John Nugent | Christopher Nugent | ||||
1692 | ||||||
1695 | ||||||
1713 | Viscount Tamworth | |||||
1715 | ||||||
November 1727 | Robert Perceval | |||||
December 1727 | William Handcock | |||||
1741 | Richard Malone | |||||
1759 | Lord Delvin | |||||
1761 | Godfrey Lill | |||||
1768 | Thomas Eyre | John Armstrong | ||||
1772 | Benjamin Chapman | |||||
1776 | James FitzGerald | |||||
1780 | Lord Delvin | |||||
1783 | Gervase Parker Bushe | |||||
1790 | ||||||
1792 | John Macartney | |||||
1794 | Richard Magenis | |||||
January 1798 | [note 1] | Hon. Richard Annesley[note 2] | ||||
March 1798 | ||||||
1798 | ||||||
1800 | Thomas Burgh | |||||
1801 | Constituency disenfranchised |
Notes[]
- ^ Also elected for Old Newry in 1798, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Blessington in 1798, for which he chose to sit
References[]
- ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 504
- ^ McGrath, Brid (1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641 (thesis thesis). Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 636.
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 Westmeath
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800
- 1612 establishments in Ireland