County Carlow (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

County Carlow was a constituency representing County Carlow in the Irish House of Commons, the lower house in the Irish Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland.

County Carlow
Former county constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Carlow
 () ( ())–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byCounty Carlow (UKHC)

History

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In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, County Carlow was represented with two members.[1] When the Acts of Union 1800 merged the Irish Parliament into the United Kingdom Parliament with effect from 1 January 1801, County Carlow sent to two MPs to the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Members of Parliament

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1689–1801

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Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament Dudley Bagenal Henry Luttrell
1692 Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Bt John Tench
1695 John Allen
1703 Pierce Butler[a]
1704 Thomas Burdett
1713 Jeffrey Paul
1715 Francis Harrison Thomas Burdett[b]
1725 Jeffrey Paul
1727 Robert Burton
1730 Richard Butler[c]
1761 Benjamin Burton Thomas Butler
1767 John Hyde
1768 Beauchamp Bagenal William Henry Burton
1776 William Bunbury
1778 Beauchamp Bagenal
1783 Sir Richard Butler, 7th Bt
1790 Henry Bruen
1796 Sir Richard Butler, 7th Bt
1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency County Carlow
Notes
  1. ^ Succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1704.
  2. ^ Created a baronet in 1723.
  3. ^ Succeeded as 5th baronet in 1732.

References

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  1. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 500.
  2. ^ Clarke, Maude V. (1932–34). "William of Windsor in Ireland, 1369-1376". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature. 41: 55–130. JSTOR 25515963. The returns are preceded by a short narrative describing the refusal of the Parliament of Kilkenny (October 6, 1375) to grant an aid to the king [p.123] […] The sheriff of Carlow. […] Their inability was explained to the Governor and to Dagworth in the Parliament of Kilkenny by Godfrey de Valle and Philip de Valle, knights representing the county. [p.125]
  3. ^ a b c d e McGrath, Brid (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.
  4. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 607.

Bibliography

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  • O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
  • 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.