Monaghan was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.
| Monaghan | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Monaghan |
| Borough | Monaghan |
| –1801 | |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Members of Parliament
edit| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1613 | Henry Colley | Thomas Ryves[1] | ||||
| 1634 | Richard Blayney | Arthur Blayney[1] | ||||
| 1639 | Arthur Culme | William Cadogan[1] | ||||
| 1661 | Thomas Vincent | Joseph Fox[2] | ||||
| 1692 | Charles Dering | Edward Forde | ||||
| 1695 | Robert Echlin | |||||
| 1703 | Sir Thomas Prendergast | Sir Richard Vernon | ||||
| 1710 | Sir Alexander Cairnes | |||||
| 1713 | Francis Lucas | Richard Pockrich | ||||
| 1715 | Hugh Willoughby | |||||
| 1727 | Sir Alexander Cairnes | |||||
| 1733 | Sir Henry Cairnes | |||||
| 1743 | John Dawson | |||||
| 1747 | William Blair | Baptist Johnston | ||||
| 1753 | Oliver Anketell | |||||
| 1761 | William Henry Fortescue | Richard Dawson | ||||
| 1767 | Richard Power | |||||
| 1768 | Robert Cuninghame | |||||
| 1771 | Henry Westenra | |||||
| 1776 | James Fortescue[3] | |||||
| 1777 | Robert Dobson | |||||
| October 1783 | Thomas James Fortescue[3] | |||||
| 1783 | Theophilus Jones[4] | |||||
| 1791 | Cromwell Price | |||||
| 1796 | Henry Westenra | |||||
| January 1798 | William Charles Fortescue[3] | |||||
| 1798 | William Fortescue | |||||
| 1800 | Faithful William Fortescue | |||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Rushe, Denis Carolan (24 October 1895). "Historical sketches of Monaghan : from the earliest records to the Fenian movement". Dublin : J. Duffy – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c Also returned for Co. Louth, for which he chose to sit
- ^ At the general election in 1790, he was also returned for Co. Leitrim, for which he chose to sit
- 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.