Carysfort was a borough constituency for Carysfort, now Macreddin, in County Wicklow represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
| Carysfort | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Wicklow |
| Borough | Carysfort (now Macreddin) |
| 1629–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
History
editIn the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Carysfort was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1634–1801
edit- 1634–1635 Guildford Slingsby.[2] and John Hoey[3]
- 1639–1649 Philip Mainwaring and Francis Cosbie[3]
- 1661–1666 Thomas Maule and John Boswell[3]
1689–1801
edit| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Hugh Byrne | Pierce Archbold[note 1] | ||||
| 1689 | Bartholomew Polewheele | |||||
| 1692 | Richard Edwards | Thomas Whitshed | ||||
| 1695 | William Hoey | Edward Stratford | ||||
| 1698 | Hugh Eccles | |||||
| September 1703 | Thomas Burroughs[note 2] | |||||
| 1703 | Richard Thompson | |||||
| 1713 | Robert Allen | |||||
| 1715 | John Sale | |||||
| 1717 | Edward Webster | |||||
| 1727 | James Tynte[note 3] | |||||
| 1728 | Richard Hull | |||||
| 1733 | Hon. John Allen | |||||
| 1743 | Stephen Trotter | |||||
| 1761 | Sir William Osborne, 8th Bt[note 4] | William Mayne[note 5] | ||||
| 1769 | Sir Robert Deane, 5th Bt | |||||
| 1771 | Sir Robert Deane, 6th Bt | |||||
| 1777 | Thomas Osborne[note 6] | Warden Flood | ||||
| October 1783 | Sir William Osborne, 8th Bt | |||||
| 1783 | John Proby Osborne | |||||
| 1788 | Alleyne FitzHerbert | |||||
| 1790 | Charles Osborne | |||||
| 1798 | Henry Osborne | |||||
| 1799 | Robert Aldridge | |||||
| 1800 | Mark Singleton | |||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 504.
- ^ Guildford Slingsby at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ a b c Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 639.
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.