Enniscorthy (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Enniscorthy
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
County County Wexford
Borough Enniscorthy
1613 (1613) (1613 (1613))–1801 (1801)
Replaced byDisfranchised

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

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History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Enniscorthy was represented with two members. [1]

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

1689–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689 Patriot Parliament James Devereux Dudley Colclough
1689 Arthur Waddington
1692 Richard Barry John Seymour
September 1703 Morley Saunders John Asgill [note 1]
1703 William Berry
1713 Richard Le Hunt
1715 William Berry
1740 Anderson Saunders
1747 Hon. Thomas George Southwell
1761 Beauchamp Bagenal John Grogan
1768 Cornelius Grogan
1769 Sir Edward Newenham Patriot
1776 Frederick Flood [note 2] Mountifort Longfield
October 1783 William Alexander English [note 3]
1783 Conway Heatley
1790 Vesey Colclough
1795 Robert Cornwall
January 1798 William Congreve Alcock [note 4]
1798 Thomas Whaley
February 1800 Peter Burrowes
June 1800 Thomas Dawson
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes

  1. Expelled in 1703
  2. Created a baronet in 1780
  3. Declared not duly elected in 1783
  4. Also elected for Waterford City in 1798, for which he chose to sit

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References

  1. O'Hart 2007, p. 504.
  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. George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Baronetage, volume II (Exeter, 1902) page 255.

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