County Kerry (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

County Kerry was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. Following the Acts of Union 1800 the county retained two seats.

Contents

Boundaries and boundary changes

This constituency was based in County Kerry.

History

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

Members of Parliament

1689–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689 Patriot Parliament Nicholas Brown Sir Thomas Crosbie
1692 Edward Denny Hon. Thomas FitzMaurice
1697 William Sandes
1703 Edward Denny John Blennerhassett
1709 John Blennerhassett
1713 Sir Maurice Crosbie
1715 John Blennerhassett
1727 Arthur Denny
1743 Hon. John FitzMaurice
1751 John Blennerhassett
1759 Lancelot Crosbie
1761 Viscount FitzMaurice John Blennerhassett
1762 John Blennerhassett
1763 Thomas Fitzmaurice
1768 Barry Denny
1775 Arthur Blennerhassett
1776 Rowland Bateman
1783 Sir Barry Denny, 1st Bt Richard Townsend Herbert
1790 John Blennerhassett
May 1794 John Gustavus Crosbie
July 1794 Sir Barry Denny, 2nd Bt
1795 Maurice FitzGerald
1798 James Crosbie
1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kerry

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References

  1. O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
  2. 1 2 3 4 McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206 via www.tara.tcd.ie.
  3. McGrath, Bríd (2017). "Sex, lies and rigged returns – the Kerry county parliamentary election of 11 June 1634 and its consequences". Parliaments, Estates and Representation. 37 (3): 241–255. doi:10.1080/02606755.2017.1373909. S2CID   149115081.
  4. The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland; Or, The Ancient and ..., Volume 3. p. 154.
  5. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.

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