Thomastown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Thomastown
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1541 (1541)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

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

1692–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
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

• Thomastown, a town in County Kilkenny
• Irish House of Commons
• List of Irish constituencies

References

• 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: