Askeaton (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Askeaton
Former constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created 1614 (1614)
Abolished 1800
Replaced by Disenfranchised

Askeaton was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Askeaton was represented with two members.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1614–1801

1689–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689 Patriot Parliament John Bourke Edward Rice
1692 John Odell Robert Taylor
1695 George Evans
1696 Chichester Phillips
1703 Robert Taylor
1713 Philip Perceval
1715 John Bury Edward Denny
1723 Berkeley Taylor
1727 Edward Taylor
1737 William Taylor
1747 John Minchin-Walcott
1753 Edmond Malone
1761 Joseph Hoare [note 1] James Cotter [note 2]
1768 Edward Spring
1776 Hon. Hugh Massy
1783 Richard Griffith
1790 Henry Alexander
January 1798 John Stewart [note 3]
1798 Sir Vere Hunt, 1st Baronet
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes

  1. ↑ Created a baronet in 1784
  2. ↑ Created a baronet in 1763
  3. ↑ Also elected for Bangor in 1798, for which he chose to sit

References

  1. ↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 503

Bibliography

  • 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 Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

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