Bandonbridge (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Bandonbridge
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
County County Cork
Borough Bandon
1613 (1613) (1613 (1613))–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced by Bandon

Bandonbridge was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.

Contents

Borough

This constituency was a parliamentary borough based in the town of Bandon in County Cork.

Following the Act of Union 1800, the borough retained one seat at the Union.

History

It was incorporated by charter in 1613 with a Provost, 12 Burgesses and freemen. It had a Corporation, the patron being Francis Bernard and the electorate consisted of 13 burgesses and 50 freemen. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Bandonbridge was represented with two members. [1]

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1613Sir Richard Moryson William Crowe
1634Sir George Wentworth William Wiseman
1639Sir Francis Slingsby Anthony Doppinge
1661 Robert Gorges John Read
1689 Patriot Parliament Charles MacCarthy Daniel MacCarthy Reagh
1692 Sir William Moore, 2nd Bt Edward Riggs
1695 Francis Bernard
1703 Richard Gorges
1713 Arthur Bernard
1715 Martin Bladen
1727 George Freke Stephen Bernard
1731 Bellingham Boyle
1761 William Conner Thomas Adderley
1766 Francis Bernard
1776 William Brabazon Ponsonby Lodge Evans Morres
1783 Francis Bernard
1790 Broderick Chinnery [note 1]
1796 William Ponsonby
1798 Robert William O'Callaghan
1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Bandon

Notes

  1. Created a baronet in 1799

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References

  1. O'Hart 2007, p. 500.

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