Bannow (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Bannow | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Wexford |
| Borough | Bannow |
| –1801 | |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Bannow was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
Borough[edit]
This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Bannow in County Wexford.
History[edit]
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Bannow was represented with two members.[1] Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised.
Members of Parliament[edit]
- 1634–1635: Pierce Neville and Walter Furlong (or Walter Stapleton) [2]
- 1639–1649: Christopher Hollywood (expelled 1642) and Gerald Cheevers (expelled 1642)[2]
- 1661–1666: Dr Dudley Loftus and Henry Warren [3]
1689–1801[edit]
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Francis Plowden | Alexius Stafford | ||||
| 1692 | Nathaniel Boyse | John Cliffe | ||||
| 1715 | James Boyse | |||||
| 1725 | Samuel Boyse | |||||
| 1727 | George Ogle | |||||
| 1730 | William Harrison | |||||
| 1737 | Nicholas Hume-Loftus[note 1] | |||||
| 1747 | Hon. Henry Loftus | |||||
| 1761 | Henry Mitchell | |||||
| 1768 | Charles Tottenham | Robert Hellen | ||||
| 1776 | Henry Loftus | Nicholas Loftus Tottenham | ||||
| 1790 | Ponsonby Tottenham | Ephraim Carroll | ||||
| 1798 | William Loftus | |||||
| 1799 | Robert Shaw | |||||
| February 1800 | Joseph McClean | |||||
| March 1800 | Thomas Prior | |||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes[edit]
- ^ Styled as The Honourable from 1751
References[edit]
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 504.
- ^ a b 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. 638.
Bibliography[edit]
- 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.
- Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800., Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4
- T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
- 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.