| County Carlow | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Carlow |
| –1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Carlow County (UKHC) |
County Carlow was a constituency representing County Carlow in the Irish House of Commons, the lower house in the Irish Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland.
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Carlow County was represented with two members. [1] When the Acts of Union 1800 merged the Irish Parliament into the United Kingdom Parliament with effect from 1 January 1801, Carlow County sent to two MPs to the United Kingdom House of Commons.
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Dudley Bagenal | Henry Luttrell | ||||
| 1692 | Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Bt | John Tench | ||||
| 1695 | John Allen | |||||
| 1703 | Pierce Butler [lower-alpha 1] | |||||
| 1704 | Thomas Burdett | |||||
| 1713 | Jeffrey Paul | |||||
| 1715 | Francis Harrison | Thomas Burdett [lower-alpha 2] | ||||
| 1725 | Jeffrey Paul | |||||
| 1727 | Robert Burton | |||||
| 1730 | Richard Butler [lower-alpha 3] | |||||
| 1761 | Benjamin Burton | Thomas Butler | ||||
| 1767 | John Hyde | |||||
| 1768 | Beauchamp Bagenal | William Henry Burton | ||||
| 1776 | William Bunbury | |||||
| 1778 | Beauchamp Bagenal | |||||
| 1783 | Sir Richard Butler, 7th Bt | |||||
| 1790 | Henry Bruen | |||||
| 1796 | Sir Richard Butler, 7th Bt | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Carlow County | |||||
Pierce or Piers Butler may refer to:
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The High Sheriff of Carlow was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Carlow, Ireland from the 14th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Carlow County Sheriff. The sheriff had judicial, electoral, ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs. In 1908, an Order in Council made the Lord-Lieutenant the Sovereign's prime representative in a county and reduced the High Sheriff's precedence. However, the sheriff retained his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in the county. The usual procedure for appointing the sheriff from 1660 onwards was that three persons were nominated at the beginning of each year from the county and the Lord Lieutenant then appointed his choice as High Sheriff for the remainder of the year. Often the other nominees were appointed as under-sheriffs. Sometimes a sheriff did not fulfil his entire term through death or other event and another sheriff was then appointed for the remainder of the year. The dates given hereunder are the dates of appointment. All addresses are in County Carlow unless stated otherwise.
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