Fethard (County Wexford) (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Fethard | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Wexford |
| Borough | Fethard-on-Sea |
| 1613–1801 | |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Fethard was a constituency in County Wexford represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
History[edit]
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Fethard was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1613–1801[edit]
- 1613–1615 Nicholas Loftus of Fethard and Richard Pemberton[2]
- 1634–1635 Nicholas Loftus of Kildogan and Richard Parsons[2]
- 1639–1649 Hugh Rochford (expelled) and Nicholas Stafford of Balmakatheryn (expelled)
- 1661–1666 Nicholas Loftus and Sir Nicholas Loftus[3]
1689–1801[edit]
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | James Porter | Nicholas Stafford | ||||
| 1692 | Sir Richard Bulkeley, 2nd Bt | Dudley Loftus | ||||
| 1695 | Sir Nicholas Loftus | |||||
| 1703 | Thomas Palliser | |||||
| 1710 | Nicholas Loftus | |||||
| 1713 | Hugh Morgan | |||||
| 1715 | Henry Ponsonby | |||||
| 1727 | James Stopford | George Houghton | ||||
| 1733 | Philip Doyne | |||||
| 1755 | Charles Tottenham | |||||
| 1759 | Nicholas Hume-Loftus[note 1] | |||||
| 1761 | Hon. Nicholas Hume-Loftus | |||||
| 1764 | William Alcock | |||||
| 1767 | John Tottenham | |||||
| 1768 | Arthur Loftus | |||||
| 1776 | Charles Tottenham[note 2] | Robert Hellen | ||||
| 1779 | Ponsonby Tottenham | |||||
| 1783 | Ephraim Carroll | |||||
| 1790 | Charles Tottenham | Thomas Loftus | ||||
| January 1793 | Henry Hatton | |||||
| 1793 | Luke Fox | |||||
| 1796 | William Loftus | |||||
| 1798 | Henry Alcock | Charles Eustace | ||||
| 1799 | George Harrison Reade | |||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes[edit]
- ^ Styled as The Honourable from 1763 and as Viscount Loftus from 1766
- ^ Also elected for Wexford Borough in 1783, for which he chose to sit
References[edit]
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 504.
- ^ a b McGrath, Brid (10 July 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.
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.