Westmeath (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Westmeath | |
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Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | |
Abolished | 1800 |
Replaced by | Westmeath |
Westmeath was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until the Act of Union in 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote. The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the Act of Union 1800.
Members of Parliament[]
It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland.
- 1560
- 1585
- 1613–1615
- 1634–1635
- Sir James Dillon[1]
- 1639–1649
- 1661–1666
- William Handcock[1]
- Thomas Longe [1]
1689–1801[]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | Hon Col. Henry Dillon | |||||
1692 | Robert Rochfort | |||||
1695 | ||||||
1703 | William Handcock | |||||
1707 | ||||||
1707 | ||||||
1713 | ||||||
1715 | ||||||
1721 | William Handcock | |||||
1723 | Richard Levinge[2] | |||||
1727 | Anthony Malone | |||||
1731 | Robert Rochfort | |||||
1738 | ||||||
1761 | George Rochfort, Viscount Belfield | |||||
1768 | Anthony Malone | |||||
1776 | Benjamin Chapman[3] | |||||
1783 | Richard Malone | |||||
1784 | ||||||
1798 | ||||||
1801 | Replaced by Westminster constituency Westmeath |
Notes[]
References[]
- Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2006). MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800. Ulster Historical Foundation. ISBN 1-903688-60-4.
- 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:
- Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
- Historic constituencies in County Westmeath
- 1611 establishments in Ireland
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies established in 1611
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800