Coleraine (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Coleraine
Coleraine
Former borough constituency; for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Londonderry
Borough	Coleraine
–1801
Seats	2
Replaced by	Coleraine

55°07′55″N 6°40′05″W / 55.132°N 6.668°W / 55.132; -6.668

Coleraine was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Coleraine was not represented.^[1] The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the Acts of Union 1800.

Members of Parliament

1613–1615 Sir Barnabas O'Brien, later Earl of Thomond and John Wilkinson^[2]
1634–1635 George Bland and Edward Rowley^[2]
1639–1645 Charles Monck^[3] (not duly elected - replaced by Edmond Cossens) and Thomas Harman^[2]
1661–1666 Randal Beresford and Stephen Cuppage (died and replaced 1666 by William Jackson)^[2]

1692–1801

Election	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
1689	Coleraine was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692	John Davys		William Leslie
1695	Sir Arthur Langford, 2nd Bt		Samuel Jackson
September 1703			Richard Gorges^{[note 1]}
1703			Thomas Pearce
1713	Frederick Hamilton	Whig	George Lowther	Whig
1715			Sir Marcus Beresford, 4th Bt	Whig
1721			Francis Burton
1727	Henry Carey		Thomas Jackson
1751	Henry Carey		Richard Jackson
1757	Hamilton Gorges
1761	Lord La Poer
1763	George Paul Monck
1768	John Beresford^{[note 2]}
August 1768	Theophilus Jones
1776	Hon. Richard Annesley
1783	John Beresford^{[note 3]}
October 1783	Arthur Wolfe
1789	George Jackson		John Beresford^{[note 4]}
1791			George FitzGerald Hill
1795			William Domville Stanley Monck
1796	John Staunton Rochfort		William Domville Stanley Monck
January 1798	Earl of Tyrone^{[note 5]}		John Beresford^{[note 6]}
1798	John Beresford		Walter Jones
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Coleraine

Notes

^ Also elected for Bandonbridge in 1703, for which he chose to sit
^ Also elected for County Waterford in 1768, for which he chose to sit
^ Also elected for County Waterford in 1783, for which he chose to sit
^ Also elected for County Waterford in 1789, for which he chose to sit
^ Also elected for County Londonderry in 1798, for which he chose to sit
^ Also elected for County Waterford in 1798, for which he chose to sit

References

^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 625.
^ Burke, John. A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. p. 792.

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 Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

[4] Also elected for Bandonbridge in 1703, for which he chose to sit

[5] Also elected for County Waterford in 1768, for which he chose to sit

[6] Also elected for County Waterford in 1783, for which he chose to sit

[7] Also elected for County Waterford in 1789, for which he chose to sit

[8] Also elected for County Londonderry in 1798, for which he chose to sit

[9] Also elected for County Waterford in 1798, for which he chose to sit

[FOOTNOTEO'Hart2007501-1] O'Hart 2007, p. 501.

[PP-2] Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 625.

[3] Burke, John. A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. p. 792.

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Coleraine
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Londonderry
Borough	Coleraine
() ( ())–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Coleraine