Cavan Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Cavan
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Cavan
Borough	Cavan
1611 (1611)–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Disfranchised

Cavan was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.

Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

Borough

This constituency was the borough of Cavan in County Cavan.

History

It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1611 to 1800. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Cavan Borough was represented by two members. ^[1] The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the Acts of Union 1800. £15,000 in compensation was divided between Theophilus Clements and Thomas Nesbitt. ^[2]

Members of Parliament, 1611–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1613		Hugh Culme			George Seaton
1614		Walter Brady			Thomas Brady
1634		Brockhill Taylor			Alan Cooke
1639		Alan Cooke			Edward Lake (expelled 1640)
Interregnum		Irish MPs sat in the Parliament of the Protectorate
1661		William Moore			Thomas Ashe
1689 Patriot Parliament		Philip Og O'Reilly			Hugh Reily
1692		Thomas Ashe			Robert Saunders
1709					Joseph Addison
1713		Charles Lambart			Theophilus Clements
1715		Thomas Nesbitt
1729					Henry Clements
1745					Robert Clements
1747					Edward Weston
1750		Cosby Nesbitt
1761					Nathaniel Clements [a]
1768					Thomas Nesbitt
1769		Henry Theophilus Clements
1776		Nathaniel Clements [b]
1777		John Clements
1783		Henry Theophilus Clements
1790		Lord Charles James FitzGerald
1798		Viscount Clements [c]
1798		George Cavendish
1801		Disenfranchised

Notes

1. Also elected for County Leitrim in 1768, for which he chose to sit.
2. Also elected for Carrick in 1776, for which he chose to sit.
3. Also elected for County Leitrim in 1798, for which he chose to sit.

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
2. "Cavan". Ulster Historical Foundation. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

Bibliography

• 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.