Newcastle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Newcastle
Former constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created ()
Abolished1801
Replaced byDisenfranchised

Newcastle was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.

Newcastle, County Dublin was enfranchised by James I. By the late eighteenth century it had 13 electors, all non-resident. The patronage of the borough was sold by Lord Lanesborough to in the 1770s.[1]

Members of Parliament[]

  • 1613–1615 Sir William Parsons, 1st Baronet of Bellamont and William Rolles [2]
  • 1634–1635 Sir John Dongan and Patrick Sherlock [2]
  • 1639–1642 Sir John Dongan and Sir Henry Talbot (both expelled for non-attendance) [2]
  • 1642–1646 Edmond Keating (election declared void – replaced 1643 by Arthur Whyte) [3]
  • 1646–1649 Henry Kenny and Cosny Molloy [3]
  • 1661–1666 Peter Wybrant and Francis Paisley [3]

1689–1801[]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament John Talbot
1692
1695 Thomas Pooley
1703 John South
1707
1711
1713
1715
1726
1727
1735
1743
1761
1768
1776
1783 John La Touche
1785 Thomas Whaley
1790
January 1798 John La Touche[note 1]
1798
1801 Constituency disenfranchised

Notes[]

  1. ^ Chose to sit for Harristown

References[]

  • 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.
  1. ^ E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800, vol. II, p. 235.
  2. ^ a b c McGrath, Brid (October 24, 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.
  3. ^ a b c Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 614.

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