Dingle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Dingle
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
County County Kerry
Borough Dingle
1607 (1607) (1607 (1607))–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byDisfranchised

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

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Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was based in the town of Dingle in County Kerry.

History

It was incorporated by charter in 1607 with a Provost, 12 Burgesses and 150 freemen two resident. It had a corporation, and the electorate consisted of 13 burgesses and 150 freemen. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Dingle was represented with two members. [1] Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised.

Members of Parliament, 1585–1801

1689–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689 Patriot Parliament Edward Rice FitzJames John Hussey
1692 William FitzMaurice Frederick William Mullins
1695 John Blennerhassett
1703 Francis Brewster
1713 Thomas Crosbie John Pratt
1727 Sir Maurice Crosbie [note 1]
1728 John FitzGerald
1731 Hon. John Perceval [note 2]
1741 Robert FitzGerald
1749 Sir William Fownes, 2nd Bt
1761 Maurice FitzGerald
1776 Richard Townsend [note 3]
1777 Robert Alexander
1782 Richard Boyle Townsend
1783 Hayes St Leger [note 4]
1783 John Townsend
1795 Bartholomew Hoare
1798 Lodge Evans Morres Sir James Cotter, 2nd Bt [note 5]
1798 William Thomas Monsell
1800 Hon. William Townsend Mullins
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes

  1. ↑ Also elected for County Kerry in 1727, for which he chose to sit
  2. ↑ Styled as Viscount Perceval from 1733
  3. ↑ Also elected for County Cork in 1776, for which he chose to sit
  4. ↑ Also elected for Doneraile in 1783, for which he chose to sit
  5. ↑ Also elected for Castlemartyr in 1798, for which he chose to sit

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References

  1. ↑ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
  2. 1 2 3 4 McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
  3. 1 2 Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.

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