County Wexford | |
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Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Wexford |
? (?) (? (?))–1801 (1801) | |
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | County Wexford (UKHC) |
County Wexford was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
Members of Parliament
- 1560: William Hore of Harperstown and Richard Synnott of Ballybrennane
- 1613–1615: James Furlonge (died and replaced by Walter Synnott) and Thomas Wadding
- 1634–1645: William Esmond of Johnstown and Marcus Cheevers
- 1639–1649: Sir Arthur Loftus and Nicholas Loftus
- 1661–1666: Thomas Scott (expelled and replaced 1665 by Richard Kenney of Edermys) and John Warren
1689–1801
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | Walter Butler | Patrick Colclough | ||||
1692 | Sir John Ivory | Philip Savage | ||||
1695 | Mathew Forde | |||||
1709 | William Hore | |||||
1713 | James Stopford | |||||
1715 | Nicholas Loftus | |||||
1721 | James Stopford | |||||
1727 | Caesar Colclough | |||||
1751 | Arthur Jones-Nevill | |||||
1755 | Robert Leigh | |||||
1755 | Andrew Ram | |||||
1761 | Hon. Arthur Saunders Gore | |||||
1766 | Vesey Colclough | |||||
1768 | Hon. Henry Loftus | |||||
1769 | George Ogle | |||||
1790 | Hon. John Loftus | |||||
1798 | Abel Ram | |||||
1801 | Replaced by Westminster constituency County Wexford |
References
- ^ McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 637.
- A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies. p. 603.
- from 1762 Arthur Gore, Viscount Sudley
- from 1794 John Loftus, Viscount Loftus
External links
- 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.
Parliamentary constituencies in County Wexford | |||||||
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Parliament of Ireland to 1800 |
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Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918 |
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Dáil Éireann 1918–present |
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European Parliament 1979–present | |||||||
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