Granard (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

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

History[]

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

Members of Parliament, 1679–1801[]

1689–1801[]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Granard was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692
September 1703 [note 1]
1703
1713 John Parnell John Rogerson
1715
1723 Charles Coote
1725 Robert Jocelyn
1727 James Macartney John Folliott
1761 Edmond Malone
1767 Gervase Parker Bushe
1768 Anthony Malone[note 2]
1769 Richard Malone
1776
1780
1783 Robert Jephson
1790 John Ormsby Vandeleur
January 1798 Hon. George Fulke Lyttelton
1798 Ross Mahon
1800 Richard Townsend Herbert
1801 Constituency disenfranchised

Notes[]

  1. ^ Also elected for Dunleer in 1703, for which he chose to sit
  2. ^ Also elected for Westmeath 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 978-0-7884-1927-0. {{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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