Pre-1801 Irish constituency
Carlingford was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Carlingford was represented with two members.
Members of Parliament
- 1559: John Neill and Sir Henry Radclyffe[2]
- 1585: Robert Neill and Rice ap Hugh[2]
- 1613–1615: Marmaduke Whitechurch and Sir Roger Hope[3]
- 1634–1635: John Travers and Joshua Carpenter [4]
- 1639–1643: Joshua Carpenter (died and replaced 1642 by Chichester Fortescue) and Bernard Saunders [2] (Fortescue and Saunders both died in office 1642)[5]
- 1643–1649 Edward Trevor and Edmund Keating [5]
- 1661–1666: Sir George Rawdon, 1st Baronet and Edward Vernon [5]
1689–1801
Notes
- ^ Styled as The Honourable from 1781
- ^ Created a baronet in 1784
- ^ Also elected for Newry in 1798, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Hillsborough in 1798, for which he chose to sit
References
- ^ a b c A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641 (thesis). Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History. 1998.
- ^ Stubbs, Major-General (1919). "County Louth Representatives in the Irish Parliament, 1613-1758". Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society. 4 (4): 311–317. doi:10.2307/27729225. JSTOR 27729225.
- ^ Kearney, Hugh. Strafford in Ireland 1633-1641: A Study in Absolutism. p. 225.
- ^ a b c Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 626.
Bibliography
- 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.
