Harristown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Harristown | |
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Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1684 |
Abolished | 1800 |
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Harristown was a borough constituency in the Irish House of Commons until 1800, representing the borough of Harristown in the barony of Naas South, County Kildare.
History[]
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Harristown was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1684–1801[]
1689–1801[]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | ||||||
1692 | Sir Maurice Eustace[note 1] | Robert Graydon | ||||
1695 | ||||||
1703 | Richard FitzPatrick | |||||
1713 | Benjamin Chetwood | Alexander Graydon | ||||
1715 | ||||||
1721 | Sir Walter Borrowes, 4th Bt | |||||
1727 | John Graydon | |||||
1740 | Agmondisham Vesey | |||||
1761 | Murrough O'Brien | |||||
1768 | Garret FitzGerald | Robert Graydon | ||||
1775 | Thomas Burgh | |||||
1776 | Richard Allen | |||||
1777 | ||||||
1781 | Charles John Crowle | |||||
1783 | Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt | Thomas Burgh | ||||
1790 | Arthur Burdett | |||||
1794 | Robert La Touche | |||||
February 1797 | John (I) La Touche[note 2] | |||||
1797 | John (II) La Touche | |||||
1801 | Constituency disenfranchised |
Notes[]
- ^ Expelled in 1695. Nephew of Lord Chancellor Sir Maurice Eustace and cousin of Sir Maurice Eustace, Baronet
- ^ Also elected for Kildare County in 1797, for which he chose to sit
References[]
- ^ 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.
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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.
Categories:
- Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
- Historic constituencies in County Kildare
- 1684 establishments in Ireland
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies established in 1684
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800