County Waterford (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

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

Contents

Members of Parliament

1689–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689 Patriot Parliament John Power Matthew Hore
1692 Edward FitzGerald-Villiers Joseph Ivey
1695 Hon. Henry Petty John Mason [2]
1703 William Steuart
1715 Edward May Stephen Stanley
1725 James May
1727 Sir John Osborne, 7t Bt
1730 Lord Villiers
1733 James May
October 1735 Ambrose Congreve
December 1735 Beverley Ussher
1743 Thomas Christmas
1749 Aland Mason
1757 Lord La Poer
1759 James May [3]
1761 Hon. John Beresford
1798 Richard Power
1801Constituency replaced by Waterford County

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 634.
  2. from 1698 Sir John Mason
  3. from 1763 Sir James May, 1st Bt

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