Dingle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Dingle | |
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Former Corporation constituency for the Irish House of Commons |
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Former constituency | |
Created | 1607 |
Abolished | 1800 |
Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Dingle was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.
Contents
Boundaries and Boundary Changes
This constituency was based in the town of Dingle in County Kerry.
History
It was incorporated by charter in 1607 with a Provost, 12 Burgesses and 150 freemen two resident. It had a Corporation, and the electorate consisted of 13 burgesses and 150 freemen. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Dingle was represented with two members.[1] Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disfranchised.
Members of Parliament, 1607–1801
1689–1801
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | Edward Rice FitzJames | John Hussey | ||||
1692 | William FitzMaurice | Frederick William Mullins | ||||
1695 | John Blennerhassett | |||||
1703 | Francis Brewster | |||||
1713 | Thomas Crosbie | John Pratt | ||||
1727 | Sir Maurice Crosbie [note 1] | |||||
1728 | John FitzGerald | |||||
1731 | Hon. John Perceval [note 2] | |||||
1741 | Robert FitzGerald | |||||
1749 | Sir William Fownes, 2nd Bt | |||||
1761 | Maurice FitzGerald | |||||
1776 | Richard Townsend [note 3] | |||||
1777 | Robert Alexander | |||||
1782 | Richard Boyle Townsend | |||||
1783 | Hayes St Leger [note 4] | |||||
1783 | John Townsend | |||||
1795 | Bartholomew Hoare | |||||
1798 | Lodge Evans Morres | Sir James Cotter, 2nd Bt [note 5] | ||||
1798 | William Thomas Monsell | |||||
1800 | Hon. William Townsend Mullins | |||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |
Notes
- ↑ Also elected for Kerry in 1727, for which he chose to sit
- ↑ Styled as Viscount Perceval from 1733
- ↑ Also elected for Cork County in 1776, for which he chose to sit
- ↑ Also elected for Doneraile in 1783, for which he chose to sit
- ↑ Also elected for Castlemartyr in 1798, for which he chose to sit
References
- ↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 502
Bibliography
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- Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 February 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4, [1]
- T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534–1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons([self-published source][better source needed]) cites: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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