County Kildare (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

County Kildare
Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Kildare
1297 (1297)–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Kildare

County Kildare was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1297 ^[1] to 1801.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, County Kildare was represented with two members. ^[2]

Members of Parliament

• 1376: ^[3] John Rocheforde and Peter Rowe were elected to come to England to consult with the king and council about the government of Ireland and about an aid for the king.
• 1429 Sir Richard FitzEustace
• 1560 Nicholas Eustace and James Flattisbury ^[4]
• 1585 William Sutton and Thomas Fitzmorris ^[4]
• 1613–1615 John Sutton and Sir William Talbot, 1st Baronet ^[4]
• 1634–1635 Sir Nicholas Whyte and Maurice Eustace (Speaker) ^[4]
• 1639 Maurice Fitzgerald (expelled and replaced 1642 by Henry Warren) and Maurice Eustace (Speaker) ^[5]
• 1661–1666 Hon Robert Fitzgerald and Sir Paul Davys ^[5]

1689–1801

Election	First MP			Second MP
1689		John Wogan			George Aylmer
1692		George FitzGerald			Robert FitzGerald
1698					Henry Colley
1703		Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Bt			Thomas Keightley
1709		Joshua Allen [note 1]
1715					Brabazon Ponsonby [note 2]
1725					Francis Alen
1727		Richard Allen			Maurice Keating
1745		Sir Kildare Borrowes, 5th Bt
1761					Arthur Pomeroy
1776		Lord Charles FitzGerald
1783					John Wolfe
1790		Lord Edward FitzGerald	Patriot/Whig		Maurice Bagenal St Leger Keating
1798		John La Touche
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kildare

Notes

1. Styled as The Honourable from 1717
2. Styled as The Honourable from 1721

References

1. Bentham, William (1831). "Dignities, Feudal and Parliamentary" . The National Magazine. 2 (4): 264. doi:10.2307/30058467. ISSN   2009-1656.
2. O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
3. ( Clarke 1932–34 , p. 125)
4. McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641. Department of History (PhD thesis). Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206.
5. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.

Bibliography

• O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN   978-0-7884-1927-0.
• 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.
• Clarke, Maude V. (1932–34). "William of Windsor in Ireland, 1369-1376". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature. 41: 55–130. JSTOR   25515963.