Kilkenny County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

Kilkenny County
Former County constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created ()
Abolished1800
Replaced byKilkenny County

History

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

Members of Parliament
  • 1531 Rowland Fitzgerald, 2nd Baron of Burnchurch[2]
  • 1559 Nicholas White and Walter Gall [3]
  • 1585 Gerard Blancheville and Robert Rothe [3]
  • 1613–1615 Lucas Shee and Robert Grace, Baron of Courtown [3]
  • 1634–1635 Robert Grace, Baron of Courtown and Edmund Butler of Polestown [3]
  • 1639–1649 Pierce Butler (expelled) and Walter Walsh [3]
  • 1661–1666 Sir John Ponsonby and Daniel Redman [4]

1689–1801
ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689 Patriot Parliament John Grace Robert Walsh
1692 Richard Coote William Ponsonby
1695 Agmondisham Cuffe
1703 Sir Henry Wemys
1715 William Flower
1721 Patrick Wemyss
1727 Hon. William Ponsonby [note 1]
1747 Patrick Wemys
1759 Henry Flood Patriot
1761 Hon. John Ponsonby Patriot James Agar
1776 Hon. Edmund Butler
1779 Joseph Deane
1783 William Brabazon Ponsonby Hon. Henry Welbore Agar
1789 Walter Butler [note 2]
February 1796 Hon. John Wandesford Butler
1796 Hon. James Wandesford Butler
1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency County Kilkenny

Notes
  1. Styled as Viscount Duncannon from 1739
  2. Styled as Viscount Thurles from 1792

References
  1. O'Hart (2007), p. 502
  2. Barron, Stephen (April–June 1914). "Distinguished Waterford Families: II -- Barron" (PDF). Journal of the Waterford and South-East Ireland Archaeological Society. 17 (2): 56.
  3. http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
  4. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 620.

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.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.