Kildare_County_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)

County Kildare (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

County Kildare (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

County Kildare was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.

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History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, County Kildare was represented with two members.[1]

Members of Parliament

1689–1801

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Styled as The Honourable from 1717
  2. [N 2]
    Styled as The Honourable from 1721

References

  1. [1]
    O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
  2. [2]
    McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
  3. [3]
    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.

Bibliography

  • O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
  • 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.
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