Newcastle_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)

Newcastle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Newcastle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

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

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Newcastle, County Dublin was enfranchised by James I. By the late eighteenth century it had 13 electors, all non-resident. The patronage of the borough was sold by Lord Lanesborough to David La Touche in the 1770s.[1]

Members of Parliament

  • 1613–1615 Sir William Parsons, 1st Baronet of Bellamont and William Rolles[2]
  • 1634–1635 Sir John Dongan and Patrick Sherlock[2]
  • 1639–1642 Sir John Dongan and Sir Henry Talbot (both expelled for non-attendance)[2]
  • 1642–1646 Edmond Keating (election declared void – replaced 1643 by Arthur Whyte)[3]
  • 1646–1649 Henry Kenny and Cosny Molloy[3]
  • 1661–1666 Peter Wybrant and Francis Paisley[3]

1689–1801

More information Election, First member ...

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Chose to sit for Harristown

References

  • 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.
  1. [1]
    E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800, vol. II, p. 235.
  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. 614.
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