Kildare Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Kildare
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Kildare
Borough	Kildare
–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Disfranchised

Kildare was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition in 1801.

History

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

Members of Parliament

• 1560 John Abells and John Moore ^[2]
• 1585 John Wesley and William Shirgold ^[2]
• 1613–1615 Thomas Farbeck and Walter Fitzgerald ^[2]
• 1634–1635 Christopher Wandesford and Philip Pilsworth ^[2]
• 1639–1642 Christopher Wandesford (replaced by Nicholas Whyte) and Sir George Wentworth (died and replaced 1641 by Patrick Sarsfield) ^[2] (Whyte and Sarsfield expelled 1642) ^[3]
• 1642–1649 Alexander Borrowes (died and replaced 1643 by Robert Kennedy) ^[3]
• 1661–1666 Francis Peasley (sat for Newcastle – replaced by Sir Thomas Harman) and John Pecke ^[3]

1689–1801

Election	First MP			Second MP
1689		Francis Leigh			Robert Porter
1692		Thomas Medlycott			Francis Robartes
August 1695					William Palmer [note 1]
1695					John Davys
1703		Thomas Jones			Richard Locke
1715		James Barry			Maurice Keating [note 2]
1716					Richard Warren
1725		Maurice Keating
1727		Robert Dixon
1732		John Digby
1735					Robert Downes
1755					Robert Harman
May 1761		Edward Sandford [note 3]			Henry Sandford
1761		Garret FitzGerald
1768		Marquess of Kildare [note 4]	Patriot		Maurice Keating
1769		Simon Digby			Joseph Henry
1776					Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt
1783					Lord Henry FitzGerald	Patriot
1790					Robert Graydon
1796		Jones Harrison
1798		James FitzGerald	Patriot		Brydges Trecothic Henniker
1801		Disenfranchised

Notes

1. Also elected for Castlebar in 1695, for which he chose to sit
2. Declared not duly elected in 1715
3. Also elected for Harristown in 1761, for which he chose to sit
4. Also elected for Dublin City in 1768, for which he chose to sit

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
2. McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641. Department of History (PhD thesis). Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206.
3. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 620.

Bibliography

• O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN   978-0-7884-1927-0.
• 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.