Old Leighlin (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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| Old Leighlin | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons |
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| Former constituency | |
| Created | |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Old Leighlin was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.
Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disfranchised.
Contents
Boundaries and Boundary Changes
This constituency was based in Old Leighlin, near the town of Leighlinbridge in County Carlow.
Members of Parliament
1692–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1692 | John Dunbar | Edward Jones | ||||
| 1695 | Richard Boyle | John Beauchamp | ||||
| 1703 | James Agar | John Tench | ||||
| 1713 | John Beauchamp | St Leger Gilbert | ||||
| 1727 | Thomas Trotter | |||||
| 1745 | Hon. Robert Jocelyn | Thomas Carter | ||||
| 1757 | Richard Rigby | |||||
| May 1761 | John Bourke | Francis Andrews [1] | ||||
| 1761 | Edward Nicholson | |||||
| 1768 | Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt | Thomas Monck | ||||
| 1773 | John Blaquiere [2] | |||||
| 1776 | Hugh Massy | |||||
| 1777 | Robert Jephson | |||||
| 1783 | Hon. Henry Luttrell [3] | Hon. Arthur Acheson | ||||
| 1787 | Sir Edward Leslie, 1st Bt | |||||
| 1790 | Edward Cooke | |||||
| 1791 | Patrick Duigenan | |||||
| 1798 | Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Bt | |||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
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- 1695
- 1703
- 1713
- 1715
- 1727
- 1761
- 1768
- 1776
- 1783
- 1790
- 1796 (by-election)
- 1797
References
- Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4
- 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.
Categories:
- Pages with reference errors
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP-IE template as a citation
- Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
- Historic constituencies in County Carlow
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800
