Killybegs (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Appearance
Killybegs | |
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Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Donegal |
Borough | Killybegs |
1616 | –1801|
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Killybegs was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Killybegs was not represented.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1616–1801
1689–1801
- 1634–1635 Thomas Tallys and James Galbraith[2]
- 1639–1649 Edward Tarleton and Thomas Tallys[2]
- 1661 Sir Robert Murray and William Knight (sat for Belfast - replaced by Thomas Burton. Burton AWOL-replaced 1665 by Sir John Lyndon)[2]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 | Killybegs was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | |||||
1692 | Henry Conyngham | Thomas Smith | ||||
1695 | Charles Hamilton | Charles Melvyn | ||||
1703 | Benjamin Parry | |||||
1710 | Thomas Pearson | |||||
1713 | Henry Maxwell | Whig | ||||
1715 | Charles Fane | |||||
1719 | Robert Colvill | |||||
1727 | William Conyngham | Henry Conyngham | ||||
1739 | Leslie Corry | |||||
1741 | Henry Conyngham | |||||
1749 | Henry Gore | |||||
1753 | Francis Pierpoint Burton | |||||
1761 | Richard Jones | William Gerard Hamilton | ||||
1768 | Henry Hamilton[note 1] | Thomas Allan | ||||
1776 | William Burton[note 2] | |||||
1777 | John Knox[note 3] | |||||
October 1783 | William Burton Conyngham | James FitzGerald[note 4] | Patriot | |||
1783 | William Colvill | |||||
May 1790 | Francis Nathaniel Burton[note 5] | John Wolfe | ||||
1790 | Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Bt | |||||
January 1798 | Francis Nathaniel Burton[note 6] | Richard Archdall | ||||
1798 | Francis McNamara | |||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |
Notes
- ^ Created a baronet in 1775
- ^ Also elected for Ennis in 1776, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Styles as The Honourable from 1781
- ^ Also elected for Tulsk in 1783, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for County Clare in 1790, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for County Clare in 1798, for which he chose to sit.
References
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
- ^ a b c Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 612.
Bibliography
- 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.