Naas (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Naas | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Kildare |
| Borough | Naas |
| –1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Naas was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801. The Parliament of Ireland merged with the Parliament of Great Britain to form the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1801. Thereafter Naas was represented by the Members for Kildare.
Members of Parliament[edit]
- 1559–1560 John Sherlock and Henry Draycott[1]
- 1585 James Sherlock and Walter Lewes[2]
- 1613–1615 Christopher Sherlock and William Lattin[2]
- 1634–1635 Christopher Sherlock and William Archbold[2]
- 1639–1642 Christopher Sherlock (expelled for non-attendance) and Nicholas Sutton (expelled for rebellion)[3]
- 1642–1649 Dr Dudley Loftus[2]
- 1661–1662 George Carr[2] and Sir John Hoey[1]
1689–1801[edit]
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Viscount Dungan | Charles White | ||||
| 1692 | John Aylmer | Nicholas Jones | ||||
| 1695 | Richard Nevill | James Barry | ||||
| 1703 | Alexander Gradon | Francis Spring | ||||
| 1711 | James Barry | |||||
| 1713 | Thomas Burgh | Theobald Bourke | ||||
| 1727 | John Bourke | |||||
| 1731 | Thomas Burgh | |||||
| 1759 | Richard Burgh | |||||
| 1761 | Maurice Keating | |||||
| 1763 | John Bourke[4][5] | |||||
| 1768 | John Bourke | |||||
| 1777 | Thomas Allan | |||||
| 1783 | Hugh Carleton | |||||
| 1787 | Sir Richard Gorges-Meredyth, 1st Bt | |||||
| 1790 | John Bourke[6] | |||||
| 1791 | James Bond[7] | |||||
| 1795 | George Damer, Viscount Milton | |||||
| January 1798 | Hon. Thomas Pelham | Hon. Francis Hely-Hutchinson | ||||
| 1798 | John Macartney[8] | |||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 619.
- ^ a b c d e McGrath, Brid (30 May 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641 (thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin – via tara.tcd.ie.
- ^ Griffiths, George (30 May 1890). "Chronicles of the County Wexford, being a record of memorable incidents, disasters, social occurrences, and crimes, also, biographies of eminent persons, &c., &c., brought down to the year 1877". Enniscorthy, printed at the "Watchman" office – via Internet Archive.
- ^ from 1776 Hon. John Bourke
- ^ from 1785 John Bourke, Lord Naas
- ^ from 1792 John Bourke, Lord Naas
- ^ from 1794 Sir James Bond, 1st Bt
- ^ from 1799 Sir John Macartney, 1st Bt
References[edit]
- 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.
