List of Irish MPs 1569–1571

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This is a list of members elected to the Irish House of Commons in 1569. The parliament sat until 1571.

NameConstituencyNotes
Christopher Barnewall County Dublin Effective Leader of the Opposition [1] [2]
Sir Edmund Butler of Cloughgrenan [3]
Lucas Dillon County Meath Attorney-General [4]
John Hooker Athenry Legal adviser to Sir Peter Carew [5] [6]
James Stanihurst Speaker [2] [7]

Sir Humphrey Gilbert may have been a member. [8] , citing [9]

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References

  1. "Barnewall, Sir Christopher | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 Treadwell 1966, p. 68.
  3. "Butler, Sir Edmund | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  4. "Dillon, Sir Lucas (Luke) | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  5. Treadwell 1966, p. 67.
  6. Mendyk, S. (2004). "Hooker [Vowell], John (c. 1527â€"1601), antiquary and civic administrator" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13695.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. "Stanyhurst, James | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  8. Treadwell 1966, p. 67, note 67.
  9. Quinn, David Beers (1940). Voyages and colonising of Sir Humphrey Gilbert. Vol. 2. London: Hakluyt Society. p. 433, note 1.

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