Askeaton was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
Askeaton | |
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Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Limerick |
Borough | Askeaton |
1614 | –1801|
Replaced by | Disfranchised |
History
editIn the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Askeaton was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1614–1801
editElection | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1613 | Roger Rice | Anthony Stoughton[2] | ||||
1634 | Maurice Williams | Sir Hardress Waller[2] | ||||
1639 | George Crofton | Maurice Williams (resigned and replaced by William Dobbins)[2] | ||||
1661 | Sir Anthony Morgan | Richard Southwell[3] | ||||
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 | John Tunnadine | |||||
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
editReferences
edit- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 503.
- ^ a b c McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 624.
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.