Kilkenny City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

Kilkenny City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition in 1800.

History

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

Members of Parliament

• 1374 William de Karlell
• 1374 John de Karlell
• 1376: ^[2] Robert Flode and John Ledrede were elected to come to England to consult with the king and council about the government of Ireland and about an aid for the king.
• 1450 John Chevir
• 1560 Robert Shee and Walter Archer ^[3]
• 1585 John Rothe of Rothe House and Ellice Shee ^[3]
• 1613–1615 Patrick Archer and Nicholas Langton ^[3]
• 1634–1635 Robert Shee and David Rothe ^[3]
• 1639–1649 Peter Rothe and Henry Archer ^[3]
• 1661–1666 Abel Warren (expelled and replaced 1665 by Sir Thomas Longville) and Thomas Evans ^[4]

1689–1801

Election	First MP			Second MP
1689		John Rooth			James Bryan
1692		Josiah Haydock			Robert Smith
1695		Ebenezer Warren			Standish Hartstonge (died 1704)
1703		Sir Thomas Smyth, 2nd Bt
1705					Viscount Tunbridge
1711					Sir Redmond Everard, 4th Bt
1713		Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Bt			Darby Egan [note 1]
November 1715		Ebenezer Warren
1715					Maurice Cuffe
1721		Edward Warren
1727		William Gore			John Blunden
1748		Ralph Gore
1752					William Evans Morres [note 2]
1761		John Blunden [note 3]
1768					Haydocke Evans Morres [note 4]
1776		Ralph Gore
1777					Eland Mossom
May 1778		Charles Agar [note 5]
July 1778		Gervase Parker Bushe
1783		William Cuffe			John Butler
1792					Hon. John Wandesford Butler
1793		James Wemys
March 1796					Hon. James Wandesford Butler
1796					Bryan Kavanagh
1798					Thomas Kavanagh
1799					William Talbot
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kilkenny City

Notes

1. Declared not duly elected in 1715
2. Created a baronet in 1758
3. Created a baronet in 1766
4. Succeeded as 2nd Baronet in 1774
5. Declared not duly elected in 1778

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
2. ( Clarke 1932–34 , p. 126)
3. 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.
4. 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.
• Clarke, Maude V. (1932–34). "William of Windsor in Ireland, 1369-1376". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature. 41: 55–130. JSTOR   25515963.