Bannow (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Bannow
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
County County Wexford
Borough Bannow
 () ( ())–1801 (1801)
Replaced byDisfranchised

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

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Borough

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Bannow in County Wexford.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Bannow was represented with two members. [1] Following the Acts of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised.

Members of Parliament

1689–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689 Patriot Parliament Francis Plowden Alexius Stafford
1692 Nathaniel Boyse John Cliffe
1715 James Boyse
1725 Samuel Boyse
1727 George Ogle
1730 William Harrison
1737 Nicholas Hume-Loftus [note 1]
1747 Hon. Henry Loftus
1761 Henry Mitchell
1768 Charles Tottenham Robert Hellen
1776 Henry Loftus Nicholas Loftus Tottenham
1790 Ponsonby Tottenham Ephraim Carroll
1798 William Loftus
1799 Robert Shaw
February 1800 Joseph McClean
March 1800 Thomas Prior
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes

  1. Styled as The Honourable from 1751

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References

  1. O'Hart 2007, p. 504.
  2. 1 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. 638.

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