Charlemont (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Coordinates: 54°28′05″N 6°41′02″W / 54.468°N 6.684°W
Charlemont | |
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Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1613 |
Abolished | 1800 |
Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Charlemont was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
It represented Charlemont, County Armagh, an important military post since the founding of Charlemont Fort in 1602.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Charlemont was not represented.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1613–1801
- 1613 Sir Edward Moore
- 1634 John Bysse
- 1639 John Bysse
1689–1801
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 | Charlemont was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | |||||
1692 | Richard Gorges | William Stewart | ||||
1695 | Stephen Ludlow | Edward Riley | ||||
1703 | Hon. John Caulfeild | Hon. James Caulfeild | ||||
1705 | John Davys | |||||
1707 | George Dodington | |||||
1713 | Hon. James Caulfeild | Andrew Lloyd | ||||
1715 | Humphrey May | |||||
1723 | John Caulfeild | |||||
1727 | John Moore | |||||
1752 | Thomas Adderley | |||||
1761 | Francis Caulfeild | Henry William Moore | ||||
1763 | Annesley Stewart [note 1] | |||||
1775 | Henry Grattan | Patriot | ||||
1790 | Richard Sheridan | |||||
1794 | Richard Mountney Jephson | |||||
January 1798 | Viscount Caulfield [note 2] | |||||
1798 | William Conyngham Plunket | |||||
1798 | Francis Dobbs | Patriot | ||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |
Notes
- ↑ Succeeded as 6th Baronet in 1769
- ↑ Also elected for Armagh County in 1798, for which he chose to sit
References
- ↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 500
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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