Louth (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Louth was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.

Louth
Former County constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created ()
Abolished1801
Replaced byCounty Louth

Members of Parliament

  • 1370:[1] Roger Gernon, Richard Vernon
  • 1420:[1] Bartholomew Vernon, Richard Bagot
  • 1560:[2] Nicholas Taaffe of Ballebragane and Edward Dowdall of Glaspistal
  • 1585:[2] Roger Gerlone (Garland) and William Moore of Barmeath
  • 1613–1315:[2] Christopher Verdon de Clonmore and Richard Gernon de Stabanan
  • 1634–1635:[3] Sir Christopher Bellew and Christopher Dowdall
  • 1639–1642:[2] Christopher Bellew and John Bellew (both expelled)
  • 1642–1644:[4]Philip, Lord Lisle and Col. Lawrence Crawford (both absent in England without leave)
  • 1644–1649:[4] Hon Francis Moore and Gerrard Moore
  • 1659: John Ruxton
  • 1661–1666:[4] Henry Bellingham and Sir Thomas Stanley

1689–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689 Patriot Parliament Thomas Bellew William Talbot
1692 Thomas Bellingham Sir William Tichborne
1695 Sir Henry Tichborne [5]
1703 Henry Tenison
1710 Sir Henry Tichborne, 1st Bt
1713 Richard Tisdall Stephen Ludlow
1715 Robert Moore
1727 Faithful Fortescue William Aston
1741 Henry Bellingham
1745 William Henry Fortescue[6]
1755 Thomas Tipping
1761 Anthony Foster James Fortescue
1767 Stephen Sibthorpe
1768 John Foster
1782 Thomas James Fortescue
1796 William Fortescue
1801 Replaced by Westminster constituency of County Louth

Notes

  1. Smith, Brendan (2013-06-20). Crisis and Survival in Late Medieval Ireland: The English of Louth and Their Neighbours, 1330-1450. Oxford University Press. p. 14. ISBN 9780199594757. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
  2. http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
  3. Kearney, Hugh. Strafford in Ireland 1633-1641: A Study in Absolutism. p. 225.
  4. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 626.
  5. from 1697 Sir Henry Tichborne, 1st Bt
  6. At the General Election in 1760, he was also returned for Monaghan, for which he chose to sit

References

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