Clonmines was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. It was a rotten borough associated with the deserted Norman borough of Clonmines, in southwest County Wexford.
| Clonmines | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Wexford |
| Borough | Clonmines |
| –1801 | |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
History
editIn the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Clonmines was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament
edit- 1634–1635: James Brien and John Cullen[2]
- 1639–1649: disenfranchised - no record[2]
- 1661–1666: Francis Harvey and John Edgeworth[2]
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Edward Sherlock | Nicholas White | ||||
| 1692 | Henry Loftus | Thomas Philips | ||||
| 1695 | Maurice Annesley | |||||
| 1703 | James Butler | Walter Bunbury | ||||
| 1713 | Nicholas Loftus | George Houghton | ||||
| 1715 | Philip Doyne | |||||
| November 1727 | Thomas Loftus | Henry Ponsonby[note 1] | ||||
| 1727 | Edward Corker | |||||
| 1734 | William Tighe | |||||
| 1761 | Henry Alcock | Charles Tottenham | ||||
| 1768 | Henry Loftus | |||||
| 1776 | Arthur Loftus | Charles Tottenham | ||||
| 1781 | Thomas Loftus[note 2] | |||||
| 1790 | Nicholas Loftus Tottenham | |||||
| 1791 | William Tankerville Chamberlain | |||||
| 1794 | Charles Eustace | |||||
| 1798 | Ponsonby Tottenham | Luke Fox | ||||
| 1799 | Henry Luttrell | |||||
| 1800 | Henry Eustace | |||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
edit- ^ Also elected for Inistioge in 1727, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Fethard (County Wexford) in 1790, for which he chose to sit
References
edit- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 504.
- ^ 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.
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.