Coleraine (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
55°07′55″N 6°40′05″W / 55.132°N 6.668°W
| Coleraine | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Londonderry |
| Borough | Coleraine |
| –1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Coleraine |
Coleraine was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.
History
[edit]In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Coleraine was not represented.[1] The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the Acts of Union 1800.
Members of Parliament
[edit]- 1613–1615 Sir Barnabas O'Brien, later Earl of Thomond and John Wilkinson[2]
- 1634–1635 George Bland and Edward Rowley[2]
- 1639–1645 Charles Monck[3] (not duly elected - replaced by Edmond Cossens) and Thomas Harman[2]
- 1661–1666 Randal Beresford and Stephen Cuppage (died and replaced 1666 by William Jackson)[2]
1692–1801
[edit]| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | Coleraine was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | |||||
| 1692 | John Davys | William Leslie | ||||
| 1695 | Sir Arthur Langford, 2nd Bt | Samuel Jackson | ||||
| September 1703 | Richard Gorges[note 1] | |||||
| 1703 | Thomas Pearce | |||||
| 1713 | Frederick Hamilton | Whig | George Lowther | Whig | ||
| 1715 | Sir Marcus Beresford, 4th Bt | Whig | ||||
| 1721 | Francis Burton | |||||
| 1727 | Henry Carey | Thomas Jackson | ||||
| 1751 | Richard Jackson | |||||
| 1757 | Hamilton Gorges | |||||
| 1761 | Lord La Poer | |||||
| 1763 | George Paul Monck | |||||
| 1768 | John Beresford[note 2] | |||||
| August 1768 | Theophilus Jones | |||||
| 1776 | Hon. Richard Annesley | |||||
| 1783 | John Beresford[note 3] | |||||
| October 1783 | Arthur Wolfe | |||||
| 1789 | George Jackson | John Beresford[note 4] | ||||
| 1791 | George FitzGerald Hill | |||||
| 1795 | William Domville Stanley Monck | |||||
| 1796 | John Staunton Rochfort | |||||
| January 1798 | Earl of Tyrone[note 5] | John Beresford[note 6] | ||||
| 1798 | John Beresford | Walter Jones | ||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Coleraine | |||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ Also elected for Bandonbridge in 1703, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for County Waterford in 1768, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for County Waterford in 1783, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for County Waterford in 1789, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for County Londonderry in 1798, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for County Waterford in 1798, for which he chose to sit
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.