County Cavan (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Last updated

County Cavan
Former county constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
County County Cavan
 () ( ())–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced by Cavan (UKHC)

County Cavan was a constituency representing County Cavan in the Irish House of Commons, the lower house in the Irish Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland from 1611 to 1800.

Contents

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

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, County Cavan was represented with two members. [1]

Members of Parliament

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1585Philip ReillyEdmund Reilly [2]
1613 Sir Oliver Lambart Sir John Fishe [2]
1634Sir Stephen ButlerLucas Dillon [2]
1639 Colonel Philip O'Reilly (expelled 1642)Robert Bailey [2]
1661 Sir Francis Hamilton, 3rd Baronet Thomas Coote [3]
1689 Patriot Parliament Philip Reyley John Reyly
1692 Sir Francis Hamilton, 3rd Bt Robert Saunderson [lower-alpha 1]
1697 Francis White
1703 Theophilus Butler
1713 Robert Saunderson
1715 Mervyn Pratt Brockhill Newburgh
1727 Charles Coote I John Maxwell
1751 Hon. Brinsley Butler [lower-alpha 2]
1756 Hon. Barry Maxwell
1761 Charles Coote II
1766 William Stewart
1768 Hon. Barry Maxwell George Montgomery Patriot
1780 Hon. John James Maxwell
1783 Charles Stewart
1788 John Maxwell [lower-alpha 3]
1788 Francis Saunderson
1793 Viscount Maxwell
1800 Nathaniel Sneyd
1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Cavan
Notes
  1. ↑ Expelled in 1696.
  2. ↑ Styled as Lord Newtown-Butler from 1756.
  3. ↑ Declared not duly elected in 1788.

Elections

General Election 1761: County Cavan [4]
19 May
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Hon. Brinsley Butler 506
Charles Coote II 466
George Montgomery 436
Hon. Barry Maxwell 467

Related Research Articles

Antrim was a borough constituency which elected two MPs to the Irish House of Commons, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland.

Ballyshannon was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1613 to 1800.

Carrickfergus was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1326 to 1800, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland.

Castlemartyr was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1676 to 1800.

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

Kilbeggan was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1612 to 1800.

Doneraile was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Doneraile is in County Cork, Republic of Ireland.

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

Athlone was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote. Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough became the Westminster constituency of Athlone.

Castlebar was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1800. The area is in County Mayo. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those who were married to Catholics could not vote.

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

County Donegal was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. The county received two seats at Westminster thereafter.

Coleraine 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.

County Clare was a constituency representing County Clare in the Irish House of Commons, the lower house in the Irish Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1613 to 1800.

Blessington in County Wicklow was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1670 until 1800.

County Galway was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

County Antrim was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Harristown was a borough constituency in the Irish House of Commons until 1800, representing the borough of Harristown in the barony of Naas South, County Kildare.

Kilmallock was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Belfast was a constituency in the Irish House of Commons, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland, until 1800.

References

  1. ↑ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
  2. 1 2 3 4 McGrath, Bríd (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. 607.
  4. ↑ "County Cavan".

Bibliography

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.