| Charleville | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Cork |
| Borough | Charleville |
| 1673–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Charleville was a constituency in County Cork represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
The town of Charleville was named after Charles II. It was enfranchised in 1673, with a sovereign, 12 burgesses and freemen. It belonged to the Earl of Orrery, a branch of the Boyle family. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Charleville was represented with two members. [1] At the end of the 18th Century the constituency was controlled by the Earl of Shannon and the Earl of Cork who each nominated one member. The compensation of £15,000 for the loss of the seats in the Acts of Union 1800 was divided equally between them.
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | John Baggot | John Power | ||||
| 1692 | Henry Boreman | George Crofts [note 1] | ||||
| 1695 | Hon. Charles Boyle | John Ormsby | ||||
| 1703 | George Evans | Robert FitzGerald | ||||
| 1713 | Sir Matthew Deane, 3rd Bt | Brettridge Badham | ||||
| 1715 | George Evans | William Boyle | ||||
| 1721 | Henry Purdon | |||||
| 1725 | James O'Brien | |||||
| 1727 | John Lysaght | Price Hartstonge | ||||
| 1744 | Edward Barry | |||||
| 1759 | Viscount Dungarvon | |||||
| 1761 | Robert Barry | Richard Longfield | ||||
| 1768 | James Lysaght | |||||
| 1776 | Richard Cox | Thomas Warren | ||||
| October 1783 | Rogerson Cotter | John Bennett [note 2] | ||||
| 1783 | Richard St George | |||||
| 1790 | Sir John Blaquiere, 1st Bt | |||||
| 1798 | Charles Boyle | |||||
| 1800 | George Nugent | |||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
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