Jamestown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Jamestown | |
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Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons |
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Former constituency | |
Created | 1622 |
Abolished | 1800 |
Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Jamestown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It took its name from Jamestown, County Leitrim.
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History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Jamestown was represented with two members.[1]
Jamestown was a small village containing approximately 48 houses. [2]
Members of Parliament, 1622–1801
1689–1801
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | Alexander MacDonnell | William Shanley | ||||
1692 | John Mahon | Robert Smith | ||||
1695 | Edmond Reynell | |||||
1703 | John King | |||||
1709 | Gilbert King | |||||
1715 | Hon. Algernon Coote | |||||
1721 | Richard Geering | John King | ||||
1727 | Robert French | |||||
1737 | Gilbert King | |||||
1745 | Richard Liddell | |||||
1747 | John Gore | |||||
1761 | Roger Palmer | Edward Loftus | ||||
1768 | James Browne | John FitzGibbon | ||||
1776 | Viscount Westport | Richard Martin | ||||
1781 | John Hall | |||||
1783 | Sir Francis Hutchinson | Henry Bruen | ||||
1790 | Arthur Wolfe | Henry Wood | ||||
1796 | Robert Edward King [note 1] | |||||
1798 | Gilbert King | John King | ||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |
Notes
- ↑ Styled as The Honourable from 1797
References
- ↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 503
- ↑ Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 24
Bibliography
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- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons([self-published source][better source needed]) cites: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Categories:
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP-IE template as a citation
- Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
- Historic constituencies in County Leitrim
- 1622 establishments in Ireland
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies established in 1622
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800