County Kildare (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

County Kildare was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1297[1] to 1801.

County Kildare
Former county constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Kildare
1297 (1297) (1297 (1297))–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byKildare

History

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In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, County Kildare was represented with two members.[2]

Members of Parliament

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1689–1801

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Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament John Wogan George Aylmer
1692 George FitzGerald Robert FitzGerald
1698 Henry Colley
1703 Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Bt Thomas Keightley
1709 Joshua Allen[note 1]
1715 Brabazon Ponsonby[note 2]
1725 Francis Alen
1727 Richard Allen Maurice Keating
1745 Sir Kildare Borrowes, 5th Bt
1761 Arthur Pomeroy
1776 Lord Charles FitzGerald
1783 John Wolfe
1790 Lord Edward FitzGerald Patriot/Whig Maurice Bagenal St Leger Keating
1798 John La Touche
1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kildare

Notes

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  1. ^ Styled as The Honourable from 1717
  2. ^ Styled as The Honourable from 1721

References

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  1. ^ Bentham, William (1831). "Dignities, Feudal and Parliamentary". The National Magazine. 2 (4): 264. doi:10.2307/30058467. ISSN 2009-1656.
  2. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.

Bibliography

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  • 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.