Ratoath (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Ratoath | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Meath |
| Borough | Ratoath |
| ?–1801 | |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Ratoath was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons.
Borough
[edit]This constituency was the manor of Ratoath in County Meath.
Following the Acts of Union 1800 the constituency was disenfranchised.
Members of Parliament
[edit]It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.
- 1661-1666 Richard Boughton (expelled for absence and replaced by Sir Robert Reading) and Dr Ralph King[1]
1689–1801
[edit]| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | John Hussey | James FitzGerald | ||||
| 1692 | Edward Corker | Robert Gorges | ||||
| 1695 | Thomas Molyneux | |||||
| September 1703 | Edward Forde | Richard Gorges | ||||
| 1703 | Sir Standish Hartstonge, 2nd Bt | |||||
| 1705 | George Lowther | |||||
| 1713 | Richard Gorges | |||||
| 1716 | Hon. William St Lawrence | |||||
| 1727 | Charles Hamilton | Edward Lovett Pearce[2] | ||||
| 1734 | Rowley Hill | |||||
| 1737 | Gorges Lowther | |||||
| 1753 | Marcus Lowther-Crofton[3] | |||||
| 1761 | George Lowther | John Curtis | ||||
| 1768 | John Cramer | |||||
| 1769 | William Irvine | Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, 1st Bt | ||||
| 1776 | John Forbes | George Putland | ||||
| 1783 | Peter Metge | Arthur Forbes | ||||
| 1784 | John Metge | |||||
| 1789 | Alexander Hamilton | |||||
| 1790 | William Irvine | Gorges Lowther | ||||
| January 1798 | James Moore O'Donnell | |||||
| September 1798 | James Cane | |||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
[edit]Elections
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References
[edit]- 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.