Duleek (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Duleek
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Meath
Borough	Duleek
()–1801 (1801)
Replaced by	Disfranchised

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

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Duleek was not represented. ^[1]

• 1661–1666 Patrick Tallant (died and replaced 1662 by Michael Jones) and Gabriel Bristow ^[2]

Members of Parliament

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689		Duleek was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692		Sir Arthur Langford, 2nd Bt			Andrew Ram
1695		Sir Charles Feilding
1698					Charles Wallis
1703		Robert Curtis
1713		Sir Thomas Smyth, 2nd Bt			William Berry
1715		Thomas Trotter [note 1]			Francis Harrison [note 2]
1716					Lord Frederick Howard
1727					Stephen Ram
1728		Nathaniel Clements
1747					Thomas Cooley
1755					Henry Monck
1761		Andrew Ram
1768		Richard Levinge			Stephen Ram [note 3]
1769					Andrew Ram
1776		Edward Stopford
1783		Abel Ram
1790		William Knott			Charles Montague Ormsby
1796		William Dalrymple
1798		Robert Rutledge
1801		Disenfranchised

Notes

1. Also elected for Old Leighlin in 1727, for which he chose to sit
2. Also elected for County Carlow in 1715, for which he chose to sit.
3. Also elected for Gorey in 1768, for which he chose to sit

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 503.
2. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 629.

Bibliography

• O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN   0-7884-1927-7.
• 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.