Wicklow Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Wicklow Borough | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Wicklow Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.
Members of Parliament[]
- 1613–1615 Sir William Ussher and Sir Laurence Esmonde[1]
- 1634–1635 William Ussher and James Byrne [2]
- 1639–1649 Richard Parsons (died and replaced in 1642 by John Hill. Hill then died and was replaced in 1645 by Joshua Carpenter) and John Hoey [2]
- 1661–1665 Robert Shapcote and Roger Sotheby [2]
1689–1801[]
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | ||||||
| 1692 | Sir Richard Reynell, 2nd Baronet | |||||
| 1695 | ||||||
| 1696 | ||||||
| 1703 | ||||||
| 1704 | ||||||
| 1705 | Joshua Dawson | |||||
| 1713 | ||||||
| 1715 | ||||||
| 1723 | ||||||
| 1735 | ||||||
| 1747 | James Whitshed | |||||
| 1751 | Edmund Sexton Pery | Patriot | ||||
| 1761 | ||||||
| 1767 | ||||||
| 1768 | Edward Tighe | |||||
| 1771 | John Talbot Dillon | |||||
| 1776 | ||||||
| 1777 | Hon. Robert Ward | |||||
| 1778 | George Ponsonby | |||||
| October 1783 | Edward Tighe | |||||
| 1783 | ||||||
| 1790 | ||||||
| 1798 | ||||||
| 1800 | Henry Grattan | Patriot | ||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||
References[]
- ^ McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History. hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- ^ a b c Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 639.
- 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 Wicklow
- Wicklow (town)
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800