Kilkenny City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Kilkenny City | |
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Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | |
Abolished | 1800 |
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Kilkenny City |
Kilkenny City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
History[]
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Kilkenny City was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament[]
- 1374 William de Karlell
- 1374 John de Karlell
- 1450 John Chevir
- 1560 Robert Shee and Walter Archer [2]
- 1585 John Rothe of Rothe House and Ellice Shee [2]
- 1613–1615 Patrick Archer and Nicholas Langton [2]
- 1634–1635 Robert Shee and David Rothe [2]
- 1639–1649 Peter Rothe and Henry Archer [2]
- 1661–1666 Abel Warren (expelled and replaced 1665 by Sir Thomas Longville) and Thomas Evans [3]
1689–1801[]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | ||||||
1692 | ||||||
1695 | Standish Hartstonge (died 1704) | |||||
1703 | Sir Thomas Smyth, 2nd Bt | |||||
1705 | Viscount Tunbridge | |||||
1711 | Sir Redmond Everard, 4th Bt | |||||
1713 | Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Bt | [note 1] | ||||
November 1715 | ||||||
1715 | Maurice Cuffe | |||||
1721 | Edward Warren | |||||
1727 | John Blunden | |||||
1748 | ||||||
1752 | William Evans Morres[note 2] | |||||
1761 | John Blunden[note 3] | |||||
1768 | [note 4] | |||||
1776 | ||||||
1777 | ||||||
May 1778 | [note 5] | |||||
July 1778 | Gervase Parker Bushe | |||||
1783 | William Cuffe | John Butler | ||||
1792 | ||||||
1793 | ||||||
March 1796 | Hon. James Wandesford Butler | |||||
1796 | ||||||
1798 | Thomas Kavanagh | |||||
1799 | ||||||
1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kilkenny City |
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
- ^ a b c d e McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History. hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 620.
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.
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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 Kilkenny
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800
- Kilkenny (city)