Killybegs (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Killybegs | |
|---|---|
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Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1616 |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Killybegs was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Killybegs was not represented.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1616–1801
1689–1801
- 1665-1666 Sir John Lyndon
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | Killybegs was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | |||||
| 1692 | Henry Conyngham | Thomas Smith | ||||
| 1695 | Charles Hamilton | Charles Melvyn | ||||
| 1703 | Benjamin Parry | |||||
| 1710 | Thomas Pearson | |||||
| 1713 | Henry Maxwell | |||||
| 1715 | Charles Vane | |||||
| 1719 | Robert Colvill | |||||
| 1727 | William Conyngham | Henry Conyngham | ||||
| 1739 | Leslie Corry | |||||
| 1741 | Henry Conyngham | |||||
| 1749 | Henry Gore | |||||
| 1753 | Francis Pierpoint Burton | |||||
| 1761 | Richard Jones | William Gerard Hamilton | ||||
| 1768 | Henry Hamilton [note 1] | Thomas Allan | ||||
| 1776 | William Burton [note 2] | |||||
| 1777 | John Knox [note 3] | |||||
| October 1783 | William Burton Conyngham | James FitzGerald [note 4] | Patriot | |||
| 1783 | William Colvill | |||||
| May 1790 | Francis Nathaniel Burton [note 5] | John Wolfe | ||||
| 1790 | Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Bt | |||||
| January 1798 | Francis Nathaniel Burton [note 6] | Richard Archdall | ||||
| 1798 | Francis McNamara | |||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
- ↑ Created a baronet in 1775
- ↑ Also elected for Ennis in 1776, for which he chose to sit
- ↑ Styles as The Honourable from 1781
- ↑ Also elected for Tulsk in 1783, for which he chose to sit
- ↑ Also elected for Clare in 1790, for which he chose to sit
- ↑ Also elected for Clare in 1798, for which he chose to sit
References
- ↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 501
Bibliography
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
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