Monaghan Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Monaghan Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.
| Monaghan Borough | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Members of Parliament
- 1613–1615 Henry Colley and Thomas Ryves [1]
- 1634–1635 Richard Blayney and Arthur Blayney [1]
- 1639–1649 Arthur Culme and William Cadogan [1]
- 1661–1666 Thomas Vincent and Joseph Fox [2]
1692–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1692 | Charles Dering | Edward Forde | ||||
| 1695 | Robert Echlin | |||||
| 1703 | Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Bt | Sir Richard Vernon, 3rd Bt | ||||
| 1710 | Sir Alexander Cairnes, 1st Bt | |||||
| 1713 | Francis Lucas | Richard Pockrich | ||||
| 1715 | Hugh Willoughby | |||||
| 1727 | Sir Alexander Cairnes, 1st Bt | |||||
| 1733 | Sir Henry Cairnes, 2nd Bt | |||||
| 1743 | John Dawson | |||||
| 1747 | William Blair | Baptist Johnston | ||||
| 1753 | Oliver Anketell | |||||
| 1761 | William Henry Fortescue | Richard Dawson | ||||
| 1767 | Richard Power | |||||
| 1768 | Robert Cuninghame | |||||
| 1771 | Henry Westenra | |||||
| 1776 | James Fortescue [3] | |||||
| 1777 | Robert Dobson | |||||
| October 1783 | Thomas James Fortescue [4] | |||||
| 1783 | Theophilus Jones [5] | |||||
| 1791 | Cromwell Price | |||||
| 1796 | Henry Westenra | |||||
| January 1798 | William Charles Fortescue [6] | |||||
| 1798 | William Fortescue | |||||
| 1800 | Faithful William Fortescue | |||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||
References
- http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
- https://archive.org/stream/historicalsketch00rushrich/historicalsketch00rushrich_djvu.txt
- Also returned for Co. Louth, for which he chose to sit
- Also returned for Co. Louth, for which he chose to sit
- At the general election in 1790, he was also returned for Co. Leitrim, for which he chose to sit
- Also returned for Co. Louth, for which he chose to sit
- 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.
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