County Monaghan (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

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

Contents

Members of Parliament

1692–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1692 Dacres Barrett William Barton
August 1695 Francis Lucas [3]
1695 Henry Tenison
1703 Robert Echlin
1713 Sir Alexander Cairnes, 1st Bt Alexander Montgomery
1723 Thomas Coote
1727 John Montgomery
1728 Hugh Willoughby
1733 Thomas Coote
1741 John Montgomery
October 1741 John Murray
1743 Alexander Montgomery
1749 Thomas Dawson
1761 Edward Lucas
1768 Alexander Montgomery
1775 Thomas Tenison
1783 Charles Powell Leslie I John Montgomery
1797 Richard Dawson
1800 Warner William Westenra
1801Succeeded by Westminster constituency Monaghan

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    References

    1. 1 2 3 Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 629.
    2. 1 2 Clarke, Aidan. Prelude to Restoration in Ireland: The End of the Commonwealth, 1659–1660.
    3. Declared not duly elected