County Kerry was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. Following the Acts of Union 1800 the county retained two seats.
| County Kerry | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Kerry |
| ?–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Kerry |
Boundaries and boundary changes
editThis constituency was based in County Kerry.
History
editIn the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Kerry was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament
edit- 1585–1586: John Fitzgerald and Thomas Spring[2]
- 1613–1615: Daniel O'Sullivan Beare and Stephen Rice of Ballyruddell[2]
- 1634–1635: John FitzGerald[3] and Walter Crosbie[4] and Sir Valentine Browne[2]
- 1639–1649: Sir Valentine Browne (died 1640 and replaced by Maurice Fitzgerald) and Sir Edward Denny[2]
- 1654: Sir Hardress Waller; Henry Ingoldsby (First Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
- 1656: Sir Hardress Waller; Henry Ingoldsby (Second Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
- 1659: Sir Hardress Waller; Henry Ingoldsby (Third Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
- 1661–1666: Captain John Blennerhassett, snr and Arthur Denny[5]
1689–1801
edit| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Nicholas Brown | Sir Thomas Crosbie | ||||
| 1692 | Edward Denny | Hon. Thomas FitzMaurice | ||||
| 1697 | William Sandes | |||||
| 1703 | Edward Denny | John Blennerhassett | ||||
| 1709 | John Blennerhassett | |||||
| 1713 | Sir Maurice Crosbie | |||||
| 1715 | John Blennerhassett | |||||
| 1727 | Arthur Denny | |||||
| 1743 | Hon. John FitzMaurice | |||||
| 1751 | John Blennerhassett | |||||
| 1759 | Lancelot Crosbie | |||||
| 1761 | Viscount FitzMaurice | John Blennerhassett | ||||
| 1762 | John Blennerhassett | |||||
| 1763 | Thomas Fitzmaurice | |||||
| 1768 | Barry Denny | |||||
| 1775 | Arthur Blennerhassett | |||||
| 1776 | Rowland Bateman | |||||
| 1783 | Sir Barry Denny, 1st Bt | Richard Townsend Herbert | ||||
| 1790 | John Blennerhassett | |||||
| May 1794 | John Gustavus Crosbie | |||||
| July 1794 | Sir Barry Denny, 2nd Bt | |||||
| 1795 | Maurice FitzGerald | |||||
| 1798 | James Crosbie | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kerry | |||||
References
edit- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
- ^ a b c d McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- ^ McGrath, Bríd (2017). "Sex, lies and rigged returns – the Kerry county parliamentary election of 11 June 1634 and its consequences". Parliaments, Estates and Representation. 37 (3): 241–255. doi:10.1080/02606755.2017.1373909. S2CID 149115081.
- ^ The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland; Or, The Ancient and ..., Volume 3. p. 154.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.
Bibliography
edit- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
- Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4, and online History of the Irish Parliament Online – Ulster Historical Foundation
- T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534–1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
- 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.