Kilbeggan (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Kilbeggan
Former constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created1612 (1612)
Abolished1800
Replaced byDisenfranchised

Kilbeggan was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1612 to 1800.

History[]

The borough was incorporated by James I by a Charter dated 27 February 1612. The charter conferred upon the elected portreeve and burgesses the right to return two Members to Parliament. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Kilbeggan was represented with two members.[1] Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

A sum of £15,000 was paid at the 1801 Union, to Gustavus Lambart, Esq., as Compensation for the loss of the elective franchise.[2]

Members of Parliament, 1612–1801[]

  • 1613–1615 Sir Robert Newcomen and Beverly Newcomen [3]
  • 1634–1635 Edward Keating [4] and Robert Birley [3]
  • 1639–1649 Sir Robert Forth and John Warren (Warren died and was replaced in 1647 by Richard Lambart.[3]
  • 1661–1666 Walter Lambert (died and replaced 1665 by Francis Willoughby) and Oliver Lambert of Painstown [5]

1689–1801[]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament
1692
1695
1703
1713 Brabazon Newcomen [note 1]
1715
1715
1741
1753
1761
1768
1776
1783 Henry Flood Patriot John Philpot Curran Patriot
Thomas Burgh
1800 Thomas Gould
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes[]

  1. ^ Also elected for Meath in 1713, for which he chose to sit

References[]

  1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 504
  2. ^ http://www.irishmidlandsancestry.com/content/offaly/community/borough_kilbeggan.htm The Midland Boroughs in the 1830s - Kilbeggan
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c McGrath, Brid (1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641 (thesis). Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History.
  4. ^ Kearney, Hugh. Strafford in Ireland 1633-1641: A Study in Absolutism. p. 232.
  5. ^ 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 978-0-7884-1927-0. |volume= 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.
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