Baltinglass (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Appearance
Baltinglass | |
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Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Wicklow |
Borough | Baltinglass |
1664 | –1801|
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Baltinglass was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
Borough
[edit]This was a parliamentary borough based in the town of Baltinglass in County Wicklow.
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Baltinglass was not represented.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1664–1801
[edit]- 1665–1666 Richard Bulkeley
1689–1801
[edit]Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | |||
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1689 | Baltinglass was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | ||||||
1692 | Sir James Shaen, 1st Bt | Richard Thompson | |||||
1696 | Charles Ricasey | ||||||
1703 | Edward Stratford | ||||||
1715 | Jeffrey Paul | ||||||
1721 | John Stratford | ||||||
1727 | Daniel Falkiner | ||||||
1759 | Edward Stratford[note 1] | ||||||
1763 | Hon. John Stratford | ||||||
1768 | Godfrey Lill | ||||||
1775 | Hon. Edward Stratford | ||||||
1777 | Hon. Benjamin Stratford | John Godley | |||||
1783 | Warden Flood | James Somerville[note 2] | |||||
1784 | Sir John Johnson, 1st Bt | ||||||
1790 | Hon. John Stratford | Hon. Benjamin Stratford | |||||
1801 | Constituency disenfranchised |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 504.
Bibliography
[edit]- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
- 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.