Newcastle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Newcastle | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Dublin |
| Borough | Newcastle |
| –1801 | |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Newcastle was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.
Newcastle, County Dublin was enfranchised by James I. By the late eighteenth century it had 13 electors, all non-resident. The patronage of the borough was sold by Lord Lanesborough to David La Touche in the 1770s.[1]
Members of Parliament[edit]
- 1613–1615 Sir William Parsons, 1st Baronet of Bellamont and William Rolles[2]
- 1634–1635 Sir John Dongan and Patrick Sherlock[2]
- 1639–1642 Sir John Dongan and Sir Henry Talbot (both expelled for non-attendance)[2]
- 1642–1646 Edmond Keating (election declared void – replaced 1643 by Arthur Whyte)[3]
- 1646–1649 Henry Kenny and Cosny Molloy[3]
- 1661–1666 Peter Wybrant and Francis Paisley[3]
1689–1801[edit]
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Thomas Arthur | John Talbot | ||||
| 1692 | Richard Morris | Daniel Reading | ||||
| 1695 | John Tench | Thomas Pooley | ||||
| 1703 | Daniel Reading | John South | ||||
| 1707 | Daniel Reading | |||||
| 1711 | Charles Monck | |||||
| 1713 | Edward Deane | |||||
| 1715 | Charles Monck | |||||
| 1726 | Anthony Sheppard | |||||
| 1727 | Robert Sandford | James Coghill | ||||
| 1735 | James Butler | |||||
| 1743 | John Butler | |||||
| 1761 | John FitzGibbon | |||||
| 1768 | William Stewart | |||||
| 1776 | Robert Gamble | |||||
| 1783 | David La Touche | John La Touche | ||||
| 1785 | Thomas Whaley | |||||
| 1790 | David La Touche | David La Touche | ||||
| January 1798 | John La Touche[note 1] | |||||
| 1798 | David La Touche | |||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||
Notes[edit]
- ^ Chose to sit for Harristown
References[edit]
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
- ^ E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800, vol. II, p. 235.
- ^ a b c McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- ^ a b c Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 614.