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Donegal Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Pre-1801 Irish constituency

Donegal
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Donegal
BoroughDonegal
1613 (1613) (1613 (1613))–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byDisfranchised

Donegal was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1613 William Crofton Walter White
1634 William Crofton Gilbert Domville
1639 Andrew Wilson William Dixon
1661 Henry Brooke Thomas Juxon
1689 Donegal Borough was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692 William Conolly Whig John Hamilton
1695 William Gore
1703 Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt Whig Richard Jones
1713 Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Bt Whig George Macartney
1715 Henry Maxwell Whig Robert Miller
1725 Alexander Montgomery
1727 Arthur Gore
1730 John Folliott
1759 Hon. Arthur Saunders Gore
1761 Robert Doyne John Knox
1768 Viscount Sudley Richard Gore
1774 Barry Yelverton Patriot
1776 James Cuffe
June 1776 Henry Vaughan Brooke
1777 Robert Longfield
1779 Henry Cope
October 1783 Henry Hatton Viscount Sudley
1783 Sir John Evans-Freke, 2nd Bt
1790 William Downes Humphrey Butler
1797 William Keller
1798 Hugh O'Donnell William Cusack-Smith
1799 Charles Kendal Bushe
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes

  1. Knighted in 1664
  2. Also elected for County Mayo in 1715, for which he chose to sit
  3. Succeeded as 3rd Baronet in 1741
  4. Also elected for Carrickfergus in 1776, for which he chose to sit
  5. Also elected for County Mayo in 1776, for which he chose to sit.
  6. Also elected for Baltimore in 1783, for which he chose to sit

References

  1. W. A. Shaw and G. D. Burtchaell, The Knights of England, vol. II (1906) p. 239.
  2. O'Hart 2007, p. 501.

Bibliography

  • Return of Members of Parliament, Part II (1878).
  • 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.
Parliamentary constituencies in County Donegal
Parliament of Ireland
to 1800
Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918
Dáil Éireann
1918–present
Historic
Current
  • Donegal (1921–1937, 1977–1981, 2016–)
European Parliament
1979–present
Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland
Northern Ireland
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