Wexford County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Wexford County | |
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Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | |
Abolished | 1800 |
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Wexford County |
Wexford County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.
Members of Parliament[]
- 1560: William Hore of Harperstown and Richard Synnott of Ballybrennane [1]
- 1613–1615: James Furlonge (died and replaced by Walter Synnott) and Thomas Wadding [2]
- 1634–1645: William Esmond of Johnstown [3] and Marcus Cheevers [1]
- 1639–1649: Sir Arthur Loftus and Nicholas Loftus [1]
- 1661–1666: Thomas Scott (expelled and replaced 1665 by Richard Kenney of Edermys) and John Warren [1]
1689–1801[]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | ||||||
1692 | Sir John Ivory | |||||
1695 | Mathew Forde | |||||
1709 | ||||||
1713 | ||||||
1715 | Nicholas Loftus | |||||
1721 | James Stopford | |||||
1727 | ||||||
1751 | Arthur Jones-Nevill | |||||
1755 | ||||||
1755 | ||||||
1761 | Hon. Arthur Saunders Gore[4] | |||||
1766 | ||||||
1768 | Hon. Henry Loftus | |||||
1769 | George Ogle | |||||
1790 | Hon. John Loftus[5] | |||||
1798 | Abel Ram | |||||
1801 | Replaced by Westminster constituency Wexford County |
References[]
- ^ a b c d McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 637.
- ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies. p. 603.
- ^ from 1762 Arthur Gore, Viscount Sudley
- ^ from 1794 John Loftus, Viscount Loftus
External links[]
- 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 Wexford
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800