Lanesborough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Lanesborough
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
County County Longford
Borough Lanesborough
 () ( ())–1801 (1801)
Seats2

Lanesborough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It takes its name from the village of Lanesborough in County Longford.

Contents

Members of Parliament

1661–1692

ElectionFirst memberSecond member
1661Maurice Barklay Sir Edward Crofton, 1st Baronet

1689 (Patriot Parliament)

ElectionFirst memberSecond member
1689Oliver FitzGeraldRoger Farrell

1692–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1692 Fergus Farrell [1] Sir Humphrey Jervis
October 1692 Thomas Handcock
1695 Richard Gardiner
1703 Nicholas Sankey Henry Fox
1713 William Burgh Wentworth Harman
1715 Robert Bray [2]
1727 Thomas Marlay Thomas Burgh
1731 Anthony Marlay
1759 John Hely-Hutchinson Patriot
1761 William Harward Henry Gore
1768 Matthias Earbery
1771 Edward Bellingham Swan
1776 Robert Dillon John Hely-Hutchinson Administration
October 1783 David La Touche [3]
1783 Cornelius Bolton
1790 Gervase Parker Bushe Stephen Moore
1794 William Smith
January 1798 Edmond Stanley John La Touche [4]
1798 Richard Martin
1800 John Kelly [5]

Notes

  1. expelled on 22 October 1692
  2. William Burgh and Henry Fox declared not duly elected in 1715
  3. Also returned for Belturbet, for which he chose to sit
  4. Also returned for Co. Kildare, for which he chose to sit
  5. The last man returned to the Irish Parliament, but never took his seat

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