Kildare Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Kildare | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Kildare |
| Borough | Kildare |
| –1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Kildare was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition in 1801.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Kildare Borough was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament
- 1560 John Abells and John Moore[2]
- 1585 John Wesley and William Shirgold[2]
- 1613–1615 Thomas Farbeck and Walter Fitzgerald[2]
- 1634–1635 Christopher Wandesford and Philip Pilsworth[2]
- 1639–1642 Christopher Wandesford (replaced by Nicholas Whyte) and Sir George Wentworth (died and replaced 1641 by Patrick Sarsfield)[2] (Whyte and Sarsfield expelled 1642)[3]
- 1642–1649 Alexander Borrowes (died and replaced 1643 by Robert Kennedy)[3]
- 1661–1666 Francis Peasley (sat for Newcastle – replaced by Sir Thomas Harman) and John Pecke[3]
1689–1801
| Election | First MP | Second MP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | Francis Leigh | Robert Porter | ||||
| 1692 | Thomas Medlycott | Francis Robartes | ||||
| August 1695 | William Palmer[note 1] | |||||
| 1695 | John Davys | |||||
| 1703 | Thomas Jones | Richard Locke | ||||
| 1715 | James Barry | Maurice Keating[note 2] | ||||
| 1716 | Richard Warren | |||||
| 1725 | Maurice Keating | |||||
| 1727 | Robert Dixon | |||||
| 1732 | John Digby | |||||
| 1735 | Robert Downes | |||||
| 1755 | Robert Harman | |||||
| May 1761 | Edward Sandford[note 3] | Henry Sandford | ||||
| 1761 | Garret FitzGerald | |||||
| 1768 | Marquess of Kildare[note 4] | Patriot | Maurice Keating | |||
| 1769 | Simon Digby | Joseph Henry | ||||
| 1776 | Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt | |||||
| 1783 | Lord Henry FitzGerald | Patriot | ||||
| 1790 | Robert Graydon | |||||
| 1796 | Jones Harrison | |||||
| 1798 | James FitzGerald | Patriot | Brydges Trecothic Henniker | |||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
- ^ Also elected for Castlebar in 1695, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Declared not duly elected in 1715
- ^ Also elected for Harristown in 1761, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Dublin City in 1768, for which he chose to sit
References
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
- ^ a b c d e McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641. Department of History (PhD thesis). Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206.
- ^ a b c Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 620.
Bibliography
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
- 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.