County Wexford (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

County Wexford was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.

Members of Parliament

• 1376: ^[1] Richard Whittey and William de St John 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.
• 1378: John Whittey (did not appear because he was an outlaw) ^[2]
• 1560: William Hore of Harperstown and Richard Synnott of Ballybrennane ^[3]
• 1613–1615: James Furlonge (died and replaced by Walter Synnott) and Thomas Wadding ^[4]
• 1634–1645: William Esmond of Johnstown ^[5] and Marcus Cheevers ^[3]
• 1639–1649: Sir Arthur Loftus and Nicholas Loftus ^[3]
• 1661–1666: Thomas Scott (expelled and replaced 1665 by Richard Kenney of Edermys) and John Warren ^[3]

1689–1801

Election	First MP			Second MP
1689		Walter Butler			Patrick Colclough
1692		Sir John Ivory			Philip Savage
1695		Mathew Forde
1709		William Hore
1713		James Stopford
1715					Nicholas Loftus
1721		James Stopford
1727		Caesar Colclough
1751					Arthur Jones-Nevill
1755					Robert Leigh
1755					Andrew Ram
1761					Hon. Arthur Saunders Gore [6]
1766		Vesey Colclough
1768					Hon. Henry Loftus
1769					George Ogle
1790		Hon. John Loftus [7]
1798					Abel Ram
1801	Replaced by Westminster constituency County Wexford

References

1. ( Clarke 1932–34 , p. 125)
2. "Close Roll 1 Richard II No.102". CIRCLE. Trinity College Dublin. March 1378. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
3. McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641. Department of History (Thesis). Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206.
4. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 637.
5. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies. p. 603.
6. from 1762 Arthur Gore, Viscount Sudley
7. from 1794 John Loftus, Viscount Loftus

Sources

• 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.

External links

• 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.