Drogheda (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Drogheda
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
County County Louth
Borough Drogheda
1359 (1359)–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced by Drogheda (UKHC)

Drogheda was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.

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History

There were originally two boroughs named Drogheda, lying on opposite sides of the River Boyne that forms the boundary between County Meath to the south and County Louth (or Uriel) to the north. [1] Sometimes a writ of election was made to the two boroughs separately (Drogheda versus Uriel and Drogheda versus Midiam) [2] and sometimes to the two jointly (Drogheda ex utraque parte aquae, "on both sides of the water"). [3] Records of the constituency exist from 1359; it may have existed earlier. [3] In 1412, the two boroughs were united and, together with their liberties, formed into the "county of the town of Drogheda" separate from Meath and Louth. [1] The county of the town formed a single county borough constituency.

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Drogheda was represented with two members. [4]

Members of Parliament

DateMet atMembersRepresentingRef
1369DublinWalter Milesversus Uriel [5]
1370DublinJohn Fulpot and Walter Milysversus Uriel [2]
John Asshewell and John Stamenversus Meath [6]
January 1371KilkennySimon Tyrry and Richard Spesversus Meath [7]
June 1371BallydoyleAdam FitzSymond and others [8]
1560John Weston and Robert Burnell [9]
1585DublinJohn Barnewall and Peter NugentCounty of the town [10]
1613DublinJohn Blakeney and Roger Bealinge [11]
1635Thomas Pippard and Richard Brice [11]
1639DublinThomas Pippard (died and replaced 1640 by John Stanley. Stanley expelled 1642) and Richard Brice (expelled 1642 for non-attendance)County of the town [10]
1642Sir Thomas Lucas and Worseley Batten [10]
1661Dublin Moyses Hill and William ToxtethCounty of the town [10]

1689–1801

ElectionFirst MPSecond MP
1689 Henry Dowdall Christopher Peppard FitzGeorge
1692 Charles Moore, Lord Moore Edward Singleton
1710 John Graham
1713 Henry Singleton
August 1717 John Leigh [note 1]
1717 Edward Singleton
1727 William Graham
1741 Francis Leigh
1749 John Graham
1768 William Meade [note 2]
1776 Sydenham Singleton
1783 Henry Meade-Ogle John Forbes
1790 William Meade-Ogle
1796 John Ball
1798 Edward Hardman
1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Drogheda

Notes

  1. ↑ Expelled in 1717
  2. ↑ Changed surname to Meade-Ogle in 1772

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Municipal Corporations in Ireland (1835). "The County of the Town of Drogheda". Appendix to the First Report, Part II. pp. 801–888 : §§ 2, 5.
  2. 1 2 Clarke 1926, p.117 IV.2 'John Fulpot and Walter Milys were electi milites pro communitate ville de Drogheda ex parte Uriel to attend the parliament at Dublin (15 April 1370)'
  3. 1 2 "Close Roll 33 Edward III No.27". CIRCLE. Trinity College Dublin. 18 March 1359. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  4. ↑ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
  5. ↑ Clarke 1926, p.116 IV.1
  6. ↑ Clarke 1926, p.119 V.4
  7. ↑ Clarke 1926, p.119 V.7
  8. ↑ Clarke 1926, p.117 IV.5
  9. ↑ McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641".
  10. 1 2 3 4 Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 607.
  11. 1 2 Major-General Stubbs (1919). "County Louth Representatives in the Irish Parliament, 1613–1758". Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society. 4 (4): 311–317. doi:10.2307/27729225. JSTOR   27729225.

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