Kildare was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1801.
| Kildare | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Kildare |
| Borough | Kildare |
| –1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
History
editIn the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Kildare Borough was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament
edit- 1560 John Abells and John Moore[2]
- 1585 John Wesley and William Shirgold[2]
- 1613–1615 Thomas Farbeck and Walter Fitzgerald[2]
- 1634–1635 Christopher Wandesford and Philip Pilsworth[2]
- 1639–1642 Christopher Wandesford (replaced by Nicholas Whyte) and Sir George Wentworth (died and replaced 1641 by Patrick Sarsfield)[2] (Whyte and Sarsfield expelled 1642)[3]
- 1642–1649 Alexander Borrowes (died and replaced 1643 by Robert Kennedy)[3]
- 1661–1666 Francis Peasley (sat for Newcastle – replaced by Sir Thomas Harman) and John Pecke[3]
1689–1801
edit| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Francis Leigh | Robert Porter | ||||
| 1692 | Thomas Medlycott | Francis Robartes | ||||
| August 1695 | William Palmer[note 1] | |||||
| 1695 | John Davys | |||||
| 1703 | Thomas Jones | Richard Locke | ||||
| 1715 | James Barry | Maurice Keating[note 2] | ||||
| 1716 | Richard Warren | |||||
| 1725 | Maurice Keating | |||||
| 1727 | Robert Dixon | |||||
| 1732 | John Digby | |||||
| 1735 | Robert Downes | |||||
| 1755 | Robert Harman | |||||
| May 1761 | Edward Sandford[note 3] | Henry Sandford | ||||
| 1761 | Garret FitzGerald | |||||
| 1768 | Marquess of Kildare[note 4] | Patriot | Maurice Keating | |||
| 1769 | Simon Digby | Joseph Henry | ||||
| 1776 | Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt | |||||
| 1783 | Lord Henry FitzGerald | Patriot | ||||
| 1790 | Robert Graydon | |||||
| 1796 | Jones Harrison | |||||
| 1798 | James FitzGerald | Patriot | Brydges Trecothic Henniker | |||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
edit- ^ Also elected for Castlebar in 1695, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Declared not duly elected in 1715
- ^ Also elected for Harristown in 1761, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Dublin City in 1768, for which he chose to sit
References
edit- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ a b c Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 620.
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.
- 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.