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| Coleraine | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Londonderry |
| Borough | Coleraine |
| –1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Coleraine |
Coleraine was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.
History edit
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Coleraine was not represented.[1] The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the Act of Union 1800.
Members of Parliament edit
- 1613–1615 Sir Barnabas O'Brien, later Earl of Thomond and John Wilkinson[2]
- 1634–1635 George Bland and Edward Rowley[2]
- 1639–1645 Charles Monck[3] (not duly elected - replaced by Edmond Cossens) and Thomas Harman[2]
- 1661–1666 Randal Beresford and Stephen Cuppage (died and replaced 1666 by William Jackson)[2]
1692–1801 edit
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | Coleraine was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | |||||
| 1692 | John Davys | William Leslie | ||||
| 1695 | Sir Arthur Langford, 2nd Bt | Samuel Jackson | ||||
| September 1703 | Richard Gorges[note 1] | |||||
| 1703 | Thomas Pearce | |||||
| 1713 | Frederick Hamilton | Whig | George Lowther | Whig | ||
| 1715 | Sir Marcus Beresford, 4th Bt | Whig | ||||
| 1721 | Francis Burton | |||||
| 1727 | Henry Carey | Thomas Jackson | ||||
| 1751 | Richard Jackson | |||||
| 1757 | Hamilton Gorges | |||||
| 1761 | Lord La Poer | |||||
| 1763 | George Paul Monck | |||||
| 1768 | John Beresford[note 2] | |||||
| August 1768 | Theophilus Jones | |||||
| 1776 | Hon. Richard Annesley | |||||
| 1783 | John Beresford[note 3] | |||||
| October 1783 | Arthur Wolfe | |||||
| 1789 | George Jackson | John Beresford[note 4] | ||||
| 1791 | George FitzGerald Hill | |||||
| 1795 | William Domville Stanley Monck | |||||
| 1796 | John Staunton Rochfort | |||||
| January 1798 | Earl of Tyrone[note 5] | John Beresford[note 6] | ||||
| 1798 | John Beresford | Walter Jones | ||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Coleraine | |||||
Notes edit
- ^ Also elected for Bandonbridge in 1703, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for County Waterford in 1768, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for County Waterford in 1783, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for County Waterford in 1789, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for County Londonderry in 1798, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for County Waterford 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.