County Cavan (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

County Cavan
Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Cavan
()–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
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.

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

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1585		Philip Reilly			Edmund Reilly [2]
1613		Sir Oliver Lambart			Sir John Fishe [2]
1634		Sir Stephen Butler			Lucas 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 [a]
1697					Francis White
1703					Theophilus Butler
1713					Robert Saunderson
1715		Mervyn Pratt			Brockhill Newburgh
1727		Charles Coote I			John Maxwell
1751		Hon. Brinsley Butler [b]
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 [c]
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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Hon. Brinsley Butler	506
		Charles Coote II	466
		George Montgomery	436
		Hon. Barry Maxwell	467

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
2. 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

• 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.
• 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.