Boyle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Appearance
Boyle | |
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Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Roscommon |
Borough | Boyle |
1614 | –1801|
Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Boyle was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.
History
[edit]In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Boyle was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1614–1801
[edit]- 1613 John Cusack and Robert Meredith [2]
- 1634–1635 Robert King and Robert Meredyth [2]
- 1639–1649 Robert King (sat for Roscommon. Replaced by Michael Burnell) and Richard Wingfield [2]
- 1661–1666 Ellis Goodwin and Owen Lloyd (both died 1665 and were replaced by John Burniston and John Stepney) [2]
1689–1801
[edit]Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | John King | Terence MacDermott | ||||
1692 | William Handcock | Stephen Ludlow | ||||
1695 | Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Bt | John King[note 1] | ||||
1703 | Sir Robert King, 1st Bt | |||||
1707 | Henry King[note 2] | |||||
1715 | Robert Sandford | |||||
1727 | Arthur French | Richard Wingfield | ||||
1743 | Sir Robert King, 4th Bt | |||||
1749 | Edward King[note 3] | |||||
1761 | Henry King | Benjamin Burton | ||||
1763 | Richard FitzGerald | |||||
1776 | Viscount Kingsborough | |||||
October 1783 | Peter Metge[note 4] | |||||
1783 | Robert Boyd | |||||
1790 | Laurence Harman Harman[note 5] | |||||
1792 | Thomas Tenison | |||||
1797 | Viscount Kingsborough[note 6] | |||||
January 1798 | Hon. Robert Edward King | |||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]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.