Charleville (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Charleville
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Cork
Borough	Charleville
1673 (1673)–1801 (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.

History

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.

Members of Parliament, 1673–1801

1689–1801

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

Notes

1. Expelled in October 1692
2. Also elected for Castlemartyr in 1783, for which he chose to sit

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 501.

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.
• Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800., Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN   1-903688-09-4,
• Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press ISBN   1-84682-030-8,
• T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534–1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
• 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.