County Kilkenny (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

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

History

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

Members of Parliament

• 1376: ^[2] Alexander de Balscot, Bishop of Ossory (replaced by Walter, son of William Coterelle of Kenlys) and Godfrey Forstall 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.
• 1531 Rowland Fitzgerald, 2nd Baron of Burnchurch ^[3] citing ^[4] , ^[5] citing ^[6]
• 1559 Nicholas White and Walter Gall ^[7]
• 1585 Gerard Blancheville and Robert Rothe ^[7]
• 1613–1615 Lucas Shee and Robert Grace, Baron of Courtown ^[7]
• 1634–1635 Robert Grace, Baron of Courtown and Edmund Butler of Polestown ^[7]
• 1639–1649 Pierce Butler (expelled) and Walter Walsh ^[7]
• 1661–1666 Sir John Ponsonby and Colonel Daniel Redman ^[8]

1689–1801

Election	First MP			Second MP
1689		John Grace			Robert Walsh
1692		Richard Coote			William Ponsonby
1695		Agmondisham Cuffe
1703		Sir Henry Wemys
1715		William Flower
1721					Patrick Wemyss
1727		Hon. William Ponsonby [note 1]
1747					Patrick Wemys
1759		Henry Flood	Patriot
1761		Hon. John Ponsonby	Patriot		James Agar
1776					Hon. Edmund Butler
1779					Joseph Deane
1783		William Brabazon Ponsonby	Patriot (to 1789) Irish Whig (from 1789)		Hon. Henry Welbore Agar	Patriot/Irish Whig [9]
1790					Walter Butler [note 2]
February 1796					Hon. John Wandesford Butler
1797					Hon. James Wandesford Butler	Irish Whig
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency County Kilkenny

Notes

1. Styled as Viscount Duncannon from 1739
2. Styled as Viscount Thurles from 1792

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
2. ( Clarke 1932–34 , p. 125)
3. Kildare Archaeological Society - Kilkea Castle - pages 9-10 - 4/20 to 5/20
4. State papers, published under the authority of His Majesty's Commission. King Henry the Eighth, Volume 2, page 157
5. Barron, Stephen (April–June 1914). "Distinguished Waterford Families: II – Barron" (PDF). Journal of the Waterford and South-East Ireland Archaeological Society. 17 (2): 56.
6. Calendar of Carew Manuscripts, 1532, Letter from Piers Butler, Earl of Ormond to Thomas Cromwell - National Archives website, also 'Calendar of the Carew Manuscripts: 1515-1574', Lambeth Palace Library - Jan 1867 · Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer
7. 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.
8. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 620.
9. "AGAR, Henry Welbore, 2nd Visct. Clifden [I] (1761–1836). | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.

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.