Castlebar (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Castlebar | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Mayo |
| Borough | Castlebar |
| 1614–1801 | |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Castlebar was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1800. The area is in County Mayo. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those who were married to Catholics could not vote.
History[edit]
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Castlebar was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1613–1801[edit]
- 1613–1615 Sir John Bingham and Thomas Peyton[2]
- 1634–1635 Sir Henry Bingham, 1st Bt[2]
- 1639–1648 Sir Henry Bingham, 1st Bt and Sir George Carr[2]
- 1661–1666 Sir George Bingham, 2nd Bt and William Rowse (AWOL and replaced 1665 by Sir Hugh Middleton, 3rd Baronet)[2]
1689–1801[edit]
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | John Bermingham | Thomas Bourke | ||||
| 1692 | John Bingham | Robert Ormsby[note 1] | ||||
| August 1695 | William Palmer | |||||
| 1695 | Edward Eyre | |||||
| 1703 | Gerald Cuffe | |||||
| 1713 | Sir George Browne, 4th Bt | |||||
| 1715 | John Bingham | Henry Bingham | ||||
| 1727 | John Wynne | |||||
| 1744 | John Browne | |||||
| 1747 | Henry Mitchell | |||||
| May 1761 | Joshua Cooper | Sir Charles Bingham, 7th Bt[note 2] | ||||
| 1761 | Richard Gore | |||||
| 1768 | John Knox | Edward Kirwan | ||||
| 1775 | John William Hamilton | |||||
| 1776 | Stephen Popham | Thomas Coghlan | ||||
| 1783 | James Browne | Thomas Warren | ||||
| 1790 | Edward FitzGerald | John Francis Cradock | ||||
| January 1798 | Thomas Lindsay | Denis Browne[note 3] | ||||
| 1798 | Thomas Lindsay | |||||
| 1800 | George Miller | |||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes[edit]
- ^ Also elected for Galway Borough in 1695, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for County Mayo in 1761, for which he chose to sit.
- ^ Also elected for County Mayo in 1798, for which he chose to sit.
References[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- 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 Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.