County Wexford (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| County Wexford | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Wexford |
| ?–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | County Wexford (UKHC) |
County Wexford was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
Members of Parliament[edit]
- 1560: William Hore of Harperstown and Richard Synnott of Ballybrennane[1]
- 1613–1615: James Furlonge (died and replaced by Walter Synnott) and Thomas Wadding[2]
- 1634–1645: William Esmond of Johnstown[3] and Marcus Cheevers[1]
- 1639–1649: Sir Arthur Loftus and Nicholas Loftus[1]
- 1661–1666: Thomas Scott (expelled and replaced 1665 by Richard Kenney of Edermys) and John Warren[1]
1689–1801[edit]
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Walter Butler | Patrick Colclough | ||||
| 1692 | Sir John Ivory | Philip Savage | ||||
| 1695 | Mathew Forde | |||||
| 1709 | William Hore | |||||
| 1713 | James Stopford | |||||
| 1715 | Nicholas Loftus | |||||
| 1721 | James Stopford | |||||
| 1727 | Caesar Colclough | |||||
| 1751 | Arthur Jones-Nevill | |||||
| 1755 | Robert Leigh | |||||
| 1755 | Andrew Ram | |||||
| 1761 | Hon. Arthur Saunders Gore[4] | |||||
| 1766 | Vesey Colclough | |||||
| 1768 | Hon. Henry Loftus | |||||
| 1769 | George Ogle | |||||
| 1790 | Hon. John Loftus[5] | |||||
| 1798 | Abel Ram | |||||
| 1801 | Replaced by Westminster constituency County Wexford | |||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 637.
- ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies. p. 603.
- ^ from 1762 Arthur Gore, Viscount Sudley
- ^ from 1794 John Loftus, Viscount Loftus
External links[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.