Roscommon County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Roscommon County | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Roscommon |
Roscommon County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.
Members of Parliament[]
- 1585 Sir Richard Bingham and Thomas Dillon [1]
- 1613–1615 Sir John King[2] and Sir Oliver St John [1]
- 1634–1635 Sir Lucas Dillon[1]
- 1639–1649 Sir Lucas Dillon and Henry (or Geoffrey) Dillon and Robert King[1]
- 1654 (Protectorate Parliament) Sir Robert King
- 1657 (Protectorate Parliament) James King
- 1661 April–December . (Replaced 1662 by George Lane, 1st Viscount Lanesborough) and Richard Jones.
1689–1801[]
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Charles Kelly | |||||
| 1692 | Sir Robert King, 1st Bt | George St George[3] | ||||
| 1703 | Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Bt | |||||
| November 1713 | James Donnellan | |||||
| 1713 | Sir George St George, 2nd Bt | |||||
| 1715 | Sir John King, 2nd Bt | |||||
| 1721 | ||||||
| 1727 | Sir Henry King, 3rd Bt | |||||
| 1730 | ||||||
| 1735 | Edward Crofton[4] | |||||
| 1741 | ||||||
| 1745 | ||||||
| 1761 | ||||||
| 1775 | Edward Crofton[5] | |||||
| 1782 | Maurice Mahon | |||||
| 1783 | Arthur French | |||||
| 1798 | George King, Viscount Kingsborough | |||||
| 1799 | Thomas Mahon | |||||
| 1801 | Constituency replaced by Westminster constituency Roscommon | |||||
Notes[]
- ^ a b c d Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. pp. 631–632.
- ^ Gordon Goodwin, ‘King, Sir John (died 1637)’, rev. Terry Clavin, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008
- ^ from 1695 Sir George St George, 2nd Bt
- ^ from 1739 Sir Edward Crofton, 4th Bt
- ^ from 1784 Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Bt
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.
Categories:
- Historic constituencies in County Roscommon
- Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
- 1611 establishments in Ireland
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies established in 1611
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800