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New Ross (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

New Ross (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

New Ross was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.

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Members of Parliament

  • 1560: Nicholas Heron and William Dormer[1]
  • 1585: Jasper Duff and William Bennett[1]
  • 1613–1615: Matthew Shee and James FitzHenry[1]
  • 1634–1635: Nicholas Dormer and Peter Rothe[2]
  • 1639–1649: Nicholas Dormer (expelled 1642) and Chichester Brook (expelled 1642)[1]
  • 1661–1666: Sir Thomas Dancer, 1st Baronet and Henry Nicholls[3]

1689–1801

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References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    McGrath, Bríd. "A fragment of the Minute Book of the Corporation of New Ross, 1635" – via www.academia.edu. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. [3]
    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 638.
  4. [4]
    At the general election in 1713 he was also returned for Co. Carlow, for which he chose to sit
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