County Louth was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.
| County Louth | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Louth |
| –1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | County Louth |
Members of Parliament
edit- 1370:[1] Roger Gernon, Richard Vernon
- 1420:[1] Bartholomew Vernon, Richard Bagot
- 1560:[2] Nicholas Taaffe of Ballebragane and Edward Dowdall of Glaspistal
- 1585:[2] Roger Gerlone (Garland) and William Moore of Barmeath
- 1613–1315:[2] Christopher Verdon de Clonmore and Richard Gernon de Stabanan
- 1634–1635:[3] Sir Christopher Bellew and Christopher Dowdall
- 1639–1642:[2] Christopher Bellew and John Bellew (both expelled)
- 1642–1644:[4] Philip, Lord Lisle and Col. Lawrence Crawford (both absent in England without leave)
- 1644–1649:[4] Hon Francis Moore and Gerrard Moore
- 1659: John Ruxton
- 1661–1666:[4] Henry Bellingham and Sir Thomas Stanley
1689–1801
edit| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Thomas Bellew | William Talbot | ||||
| 1692 | Thomas Bellingham | Sir William Tichborne | ||||
| 1695 | Sir Henry Tichborne [5] | |||||
| 1703 | Henry Tenison | |||||
| 1710 | Sir Henry Tichborne, 1st Bt | |||||
| 1713 | Richard Tisdall | Stephen Ludlow | ||||
| 1715 | Robert Moore | |||||
| 1727 | Faithful Fortescue | William Aston | ||||
| 1741 | Henry Bellingham | |||||
| 1745 | William Henry Fortescue[6] | |||||
| 1755 | Thomas Tipping | |||||
| 1761 | Anthony Foster | James Fortescue | ||||
| 1767 | Stephen Sibthorpe | |||||
| 1768 | John Foster | |||||
| 1782 | Thomas James Fortescue | |||||
| 1796 | William Fortescue | |||||
| 1801 | Replaced by Westminster constituency of County Louth | |||||
Notes
edit- ^ a b Smith, Brendan (20 June 2013). Crisis and Survival in Late Medieval Ireland: The English of Louth and Their Neighbours, 1330–1450. Oxford University Press. p. 14. ISBN 9780199594757. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ a b c d McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641". hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- ^ Kearney, Hugh. Strafford in Ireland 1633–1641: A Study in Absolutism. p. 225.
- ^ a b c Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 626.
- ^ from 1697 Sir Henry Tichborne, 1st Bt
- ^ At the General Election in 1760, he was also returned for Monaghan, for which he chose to sit
References
edit- 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.