Trim (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Trim | |
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Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | |
Abolished | 1800 |
Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Trim was a constituency and rotten borough in Trim, County Meath, represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
Members of Parliament[]
- 1560 John Parker and Patrick Martell [1]
- 1585 Moses Hamon and Thomas Gwyre [1]
- 1613–1615 Sir Thomas Ashe and Roger Jones[1]
- 1634–1635 Robert, Lord Dillon and Valerian Weasley[1]
- 1639–1649 Robert, Lord Dillon (elevated to peerage and replaced by James Whyte. Whyte died and was replaced 1643 by Thomas Trafford) and of Kilbrew (expelled and replaced 1642 by George Peasley. Peasley died and was replaced 1642 by Thomas Coote)[1]
- 1661–1666 Sir Thomas Gifford, 1st Baronet (died and replaced 1662 by Henry Whitfield) and Alexander Jephson (Jephson executed July 1663. Replaced 1663 by Arthur Dillon)[2]
1689–1801[]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | ||||||
1692 | Garret Wesley | |||||
1695 | ||||||
1697 | Robert Johnson | |||||
1703 | ||||||
1709 | John Bligh | |||||
1713 | ||||||
1715 | ||||||
1717 | Robert Perceval | |||||
1719 | Thomas Carter | |||||
1727 | Garret Wesley | |||||
1728 | ||||||
1729 | Richard Wesley | |||||
1735 | Joseph Ashe | |||||
1747 | Chichester Fortescue | |||||
1757 | Hon. Garret Wesley | |||||
1758 | William Francis Crosbie | |||||
1761 | Robert Perceval | John Pomeroy | ||||
1768 | Thomas Fortescue | |||||
1780 | Richard Wesley, Viscount Wellesley | |||||
1781 | ||||||
1783 | Hon. William Wesley[3] | |||||
1790 | Hon. Arthur Wellesley | |||||
1791 | Hon. Clotworthy Taylor | |||||
February 1795 | Hon. Henry Wellesley | |||||
1795 | ||||||
1798 | Sir Chichester Fortescue | |||||
1801 | Constituency disenfranchised |
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 628.
- ^ from 1789 Hon. William Wellesley-Pole
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.
Categories:
- Historic constituencies in County Meath
- Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800