Belturbet (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Belturbet was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.

Belturbet
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1614
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Belturbet was represented with two members.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

• 1613–1615 Sir Hugh Wirrall and George Grimesditch [2]
• 1634–1635 Sir Arthur Blundell and Sir William Ryves
• 1639–1649 John Borlase, later Lord Justice of Ireland [3] and Richard Ashe (expelled 1642)
• 1661–1666 Stephen Butler (died and replaced 1662 by Francis Butler) and Thomas Warsopp

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Sir Edward Tyrrell, 1st Bt			Philip Tuite
1692		Francis Butler			John Warburton
1703		Richard Tighe			Thomas Taylor [note 1]
1713		Theophilus Butler			Brinsley Butler
1715		Charles Delafaye
1725					Hon. Humphrey Butler
1727		Thomas Butler
1736					Robert Butler
1755		John Cramer
1761		John Butler [note 2]
1761		John Cramer [note 3]
1763					Edward Tighe
1768					George Glover
1771					Robert Birch
1776		Charles Francis Sheridan
1783		Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Bt			David La Touche
1790		John McClintock			Maurice Coppinger
1798		Charles King			Thomas Townsend
1800		Blayney Townley Balfour
1801		Disenfranchised

Notes

1. Created a baronet in 1704
2. Also elected for Down in 1715, for which he chose to sit
3. Changed surname to Croghill in 1775

References

1. O'Hart (2007), p. 501
2. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 608.
3. Terry Clavin, ‘Borlase, Sir John (c.1576–1648)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006

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.