Askeaton (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Askeaton
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Limerick
Borough	Askeaton
1614 (1614)–1801 (1801)
Replaced by	Disfranchised

Askeaton was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Askeaton was represented with two members. ^[1]

Members of Parliament, 1614–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1613		Roger Rice			Anthony Stoughton [2]
1634		Maurice Williams			Sir Hardress Waller [2]
1639		George Crofton			Maurice Williams (resigned and replaced by William Dobbins) [2]
1661		Sir Anthony Morgan			Richard Southwell [3]
1689 Patriot Parliament		John Bourke			Edward Rice
1692		John Odell			Robert Taylor
1695		George Evans
1696					Chichester Phillips
1703		Robert Taylor
1713					Philip Perceval
1715		John Bury			Edward Denny
1723		Berkeley Taylor
1727					Edward Taylor
1737		William Taylor
1747		John Minchin-Walcott
1753		Edmond Malone
1761		Joseph Hoare [note 1]			James Cotter [note 2]
1768					John Tunnadine
1776					Hon. Hugh Massy
1783					Richard Griffith
1790					Henry Alexander
January 1798					John Stewart [note 3]
1798					Sir Vere Hunt, 1st Baronet
1801		Disenfranchised

Notes

1. Created a baronet in 1784
2. Created a baronet in 1763
3. Also elected for Bangor in 1798, for which he chose to sit

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 503.
2. McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
3. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 624.

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.