Coleraine (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Coleraine was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.
| Coleraine | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Replaced by | Coleraine |
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Coleraine was not represented.[1] The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the Act of Union 1800.
Members of Parliament
- 1613–1615 Sir Barnabas O'Brien, later Earl of Thomond and John Wilkinson [2]
- 1634–1635 George Bland and Edward Rowley [2]
- 1639–1645 Charles Monck [3] (not duly elected - replaced by Edmond Cossens) and Thomas Harman [2]
- 1661–1666 Randal Beresford and Stephen Cuppage (died and replaced 1666 by William Jackson) [2]
1692–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | Coleraine was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | |||||
| 1692 | John Davys | William Leslie | ||||
| 1695 | Sir Arthur Langford, 2nd Bt | Samuel Jackson | ||||
| September 1703 | Richard Gorges [note 1] | |||||
| 1703 | Thomas Pearce | |||||
| 1713 | Frederick Hamilton | Whig | George Lowther | Whig | ||
| 1715 | Sir Marcus Beresford, 4th Bt | Whig | ||||
| 1721 | Francis Burton | |||||
| 1727 | Henry Carey | Thomas Jackson | ||||
| 1751 | Richard Jackson | |||||
| 1757 | Hamilton Gorges | |||||
| 1761 | Lord La Poer | |||||
| 1763 | George Paul Monck | |||||
| 1768 | John Beresford [note 2] | |||||
| August 1768 | Theophilus Jones | |||||
| 1776 | Hon. Richard Annesley | |||||
| 1783 | John Beresford [note 3] | |||||
| October 1783 | Arthur Wolfe | |||||
| 1789 | George Jackson | John Beresford [note 4] | ||||
| 1791 | George FitzGerald Hill | |||||
| 1795 | William Domville Stanley Monck | |||||
| 1796 | John Staunton Rochfort | |||||
| January 1798 | Earl of Tyrone [note 5] | John Beresford [note 6] | ||||
| 1798 | John Beresford | Walter Jones | ||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Coleraine | |||||
Notes
- Also elected for Bandonbridge in 1703, for which he chose to sit
- Also elected for Waterford County in 1768, for which he chose to sit
- Also elected for Waterford County in 1783, for which he chose to sit
- Also elected for Waterford County in 1789, for which he chose to sit
- Also elected for Londonderry County in 1798, for which he chose to sit
- Also elected for Waterford County in 1798, for which he chose to sit
References
- O'Hart (2007), p. 501
- Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 625.
- Burke, John. A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. p. 792.
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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.