Jamestown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Jamestown | |
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Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1622 |
Abolished | 1800 |
Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Jamestown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It took its name from Jamestown, County Leitrim.
History[]
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Jamestown was represented with two members.[1]
Jamestown was a small village containing approximately 48 houses.[2]
Members of Parliament, 1622–1801[]
- 1634–1635 Charles Coote jnr and Sir William Anderson [3]
- 1639–1649 Sir John Giffard and Sir Francis Hamilton [3]
- 1661–1666 Sir Robert Meredith [4] and Sir William Dixon [5]
1689–1801[]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | ||||||
1692 | ||||||
1695 | ||||||
1703 | ||||||
1709 | ||||||
1715 | Hon. Algernon Coote | |||||
1721 | ||||||
1727 | Robert French | |||||
1737 | ||||||
1745 | Richard Liddell | |||||
1747 | John Gore | |||||
1761 | Edward Loftus | |||||
1768 | James Browne | |||||
1776 | Viscount Westport | Richard Martin | Patriot | |||
1781 | ||||||
1783 | Sir Francis Hutchinson | Henry Bruen | ||||
1790 | Arthur Wolfe | |||||
1796 | Robert Edward King[note 1] | |||||
1798 | ||||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |
Notes[]
- ^ Styled as The Honourable from 1797
References[]
- ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 503
- ^ Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (24 October 1836). "Parliamentary Papers". H.M. Stationery Office – via Google Books.
- ^ a b McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641". hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- ^ "The Irish merediths". Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 623.
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.
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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 Leitrim
- 1622 establishments in Ireland
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies established in 1622
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800