Roscommon Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Roscommon Borough 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.
| Roscommon Borough | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Members of Parliament
- 1613–1615 Maurice Smith and William Marwood [1]
- 1634–1635 George Carr and Edward Deane[1]
- 1639–1649 Robert Bysse [1] and Walter Loftus (died 1641)[2]
- 1661–1666 Oliver Jones and William Somers [2]
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | John Dillon | John Kelly | ||||
| 1692 | Hercules Davys | Henry Sandford | ||||
| 1695 | Sir Arthur Cole, 2nd Bt | |||||
| September 1703 | Robert Sandys | |||||
| 1703 | William Westgarth | |||||
| 1711 | David Kennedy | |||||
| 1713 | Edward Crofton [3] | |||||
| 1733 | William Sandford | |||||
| 1740 | Thomas Mahon | |||||
| 1759 | Edward Sandford | |||||
| 1761 | Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, 1st Bt | Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt | ||||
| 1768 | Nathaniel Clements | Robert Sandford | ||||
| 1769 | Robert Tighe | |||||
| 1776 | Henry Sandford | |||||
| 1783 | Sir Cornwallis Maude, 3rd Bt | George Sandford | ||||
| 1785 | Maurice Copinger | |||||
| 1790 | Hon. Nathaniel Clements | |||||
| 1791 | Henry Sandford | |||||
| January 1798 | Silver Oliver | |||||
| 1798 | George Sandford | |||||
| 1799 | William Johnson | |||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
- http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
- Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 631.
- from 1729 Sir Edward Crofton, 3rd Bt
References
- 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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