Thomastown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Thomastown | |
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Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1541 |
Abolished | 1800 |
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Thomastown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised.
Members of Parliament[]
- 1560 Francis Cosby and Henry Colley [1]
- 1585 Walter Sherlock and Robert Porter [1]
- 1613–1615 Robert Porter and Nicolas Robucke [1]
- 1634–1635 Patrick Sherlock and Jacob Walsh [1]
- 1639–1649 Seafoule Gibson [1] and Michael Wandesford [2]
- 1661–1666 Robert Shapcote (sat for Wicklow and replaced 1661 by John Brett) and Thomas Burrell [3]
1689–1801[]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | ||||||
1692 | ||||||
1695 | ||||||
1703 | ||||||
1713 | ||||||
1715 | William Flower | John Cuffe | ||||
1715 | ||||||
1721 | Richard Bettesworth | |||||
1727 | Luke Gardiner | |||||
1755 | ||||||
1757 | Hon. Joseph Leeson | |||||
1761 | Thomas Eyre | |||||
1767 | Lord Frederick Campbell | |||||
1768 | James Agar | |||||
1769 | ||||||
1776 | ||||||
1783 | ||||||
1786 | George Bunbury | |||||
1790 | George Burdett | |||||
1798 | ||||||
March 1800 | Hon. Charles William Stewart | |||||
April 1800 | William Gardiner | |||||
May 1800 | John Francis Cradock | |||||
1801 | Constituency disenfranchised |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e McGrath, Brid (1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Trinity College Dublin (TARA). hdl:2262/77206. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885". Alex. Thom & Co. 1887.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 621.
- Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4
- T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534–1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
- 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
- 1541 establishments in Ireland
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies established in 1541
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800