Thomastown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Thomastown | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Kilkenny |
| Borough | Thomastown |
| 1541–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Thomastown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised.
Members of Parliament[edit]
- 1560 Francis Cosby and Henry Colley[1]
- 1585 Walter Sherlock and Robert Porter[1]
- 1613–1615 Robert Porter and Nicolas Robucke[1]
- 1634–1635 Patrick Sherlock and Jacob Walsh[1]
- 1639–1649 Seafoule Gibson[1] and Michael Wandesford[2]
- 1661–1666 Robert Shapcote (sat for Wicklow and replaced 1661 by John Brett) and Thomas Burrell[3]
1689–1801[edit]
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Robert Grace, Snr | Robert Grace, Jnr | ||||
| 1692 | William Harrison | John Hayes | ||||
| 1695 | Christopher Hewetson | Arthur Bushe | ||||
| 1703 | John Beauchamp | |||||
| 1713 | Amyas Bushe | |||||
| 1715 | William Flower | John Cuffe | ||||
| 1715 | William Despard | |||||
| 1721 | Richard Bettesworth | |||||
| 1727 | Luke Gardiner | Nicholas Aylward | ||||
| 1755 | Redmond Morres | |||||
| 1757 | Hon. Joseph Leeson | |||||
| 1761 | Alexander McAuley | Thomas Eyre | ||||
| 1767 | Lord Frederick Campbell | |||||
| 1768 | James Agar | Thomas Maunsell | ||||
| 1769 | George Dunbar | |||||
| 1776 | Robert Forde | Edward Bellingham Swan | ||||
| 1783 | George Roth | Patrick Welch | ||||
| 1786 | George Bunbury | |||||
| 1790 | George Burdett | |||||
| 1798 | George Dunbar | James Kearney | ||||
| March 1800 | Hon. Charles William Stewart | |||||
| April 1800 | William Gardiner | |||||
| May 1800 | John Francis Cradock | |||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e McGrath, Brid (1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Trinity College Dublin (TARA). hdl:2262/77206. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885". Alex. Thom & Co. 1887.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 621.
- Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4
- T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534–1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
- 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.