County Kildare (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| County Kildare | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Kildare |
| –1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Kildare |
County Kildare was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.
History[edit]
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, County Kildare was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament[edit]
- 1429 Sir Richard FitzEustace
- 1560 Nicholas Eustace and James Flattisbury[2]
- 1585 William Sutton and Thomas Fitzmorris[2]
- 1613–1615 John Sutton and Sir William Talbot, 1st Baronet[2]
- 1634–1635 Sir Nicholas Whyte and Maurice Eustace (Speaker)[2]
- 1639 Maurice Fitzgerald (expelled and replaced 1642 by Henry Warren) and Maurice Eustace (Speaker)[3]
- 1661–1666 Hon Robert Fitzgerald and Sir Paul Davys[3]
1689–1801[edit]
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | John Wogan | George Aylmer | ||||
| 1692 | George FitzGerald | Robert FitzGerald | ||||
| 1698 | Henry Colley | |||||
| 1703 | Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Bt | Thomas Keightley | ||||
| 1709 | Joshua Allen[note 1] | |||||
| 1715 | Brabazon Ponsonby[note 2] | |||||
| 1725 | Francis Allen | |||||
| 1727 | Richard Allen | Maurice Keating | ||||
| 1745 | Sir Kildare Borrowes, 5th Bt | |||||
| 1761 | Arthur Pomeroy | |||||
| 1776 | Lord Charles FitzGerald | |||||
| 1783 | John Wolfe | |||||
| 1790 | Lord Edward FitzGerald | Patriot/Whig | Maurice Bagenal St Leger Keating | |||
| 1798 | John La Touche | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kildare | |||||
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
- ^ a b c d McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- ^ a b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.
Bibliography[edit]
- 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.