Louth (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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| Louth | |
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| Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | |
| Abolished | 1801 |
| Replaced by | County Louth |
Louth was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.
Members of Parliament[]
- 1370:[1] Roger Gernon, Richard Vernon
- 1420:[1] Bartholomew Vernon, Richard Bagot
- 1560:[2] Nicholas Taaffe of Ballebragane and Edward Dowdall of Glaspistal
- 1585:[2] Roger Gerlone (Garland) and William Moore of Barmeath
- 1613–1315:[2] Christopher Verdon de Clonmore and Richard Gernon de Stabanan
- 1634–1635:[3] Sir Christopher Bellew and Christopher Dowdall
- 1639–1642:[2] Christopher Bellew and John Bellew (both expelled)
- 1642–1644:[4] Philip, Lord Lisle and Col. Lawrence Crawford (both absent in England without leave)
- 1644–1649:[4] Hon Francis Moore and Gerrard Moore
- 1659: John Ruxton
- 1661–1666:[4] Henry Bellingham and Sir Thomas Stanley
1689–1801[]
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1689 Patriot Parliament | ||||||
| 1692 | ||||||
| 1695 | Sir Henry Tichborne [5] | |||||
| 1703 | Henry Tenison | |||||
| 1710 | Sir Henry Tichborne, 1st Bt | |||||
| 1713 | ||||||
| 1715 | ||||||
| 1727 | ||||||
| 1741 | ||||||
| 1745 | William Henry Fortescue[6] | |||||
| 1755 | ||||||
| 1761 | Anthony Foster | James Fortescue | ||||
| 1767 | ||||||
| 1768 | John Foster | |||||
| 1782 | ||||||
| 1796 | William Fortescue | |||||
| 1801 | Replaced by Westminster constituency of County Louth | |||||
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Smith, Brendan (2013-06-20). Crisis and Survival in Late Medieval Ireland: The English of Louth and Their Neighbours, 1330-1450. Oxford University Press. p. 14. ISBN 9780199594757. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
- ^ Kearney, Hugh. Strafford in Ireland 1633-1641: A Study in Absolutism. p. 225.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 626.
- ^ from 1697 Sir Henry Tichborne, 1st Bt
- ^ At the General Election in 1760, he was also returned for Monaghan, for which he chose to sit
References[]
- 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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Categories:
- Historic constituencies in County Louth
- Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800