List of Irish MPs 1661–1666

Last updated March 27, 2025

This is a list of members elected to the Irish House of Commons in 1661. The parliament sat until 1666 and consisted of almost 300 MPs at a time during this period.

Name	Constituency	Notes
James Annesley, Lord Annesley	County Waterford	Replace Richard Power who succeeded to a peerage in 1661
Nicholas Bayly	Newry
Henry Bellingham	County Louth
Randal Beresford	Coleraine
Tristram Beresford	County Londonderry
Sir George Bingham	Castlebar
Richard Blayney	County Monaghan
John Blennerhassett	County Kerry
John Blennerhassett	Tralee
Sir George Blundell	Philipstown
Joshua Boyle	Clonakilty
Murrough Boyle	Kilmallock
Richard Boyle	County Cork	Died 1665 and replaced by Roger Boyle.
Roger Boyle	County Cork
Edward Brabazon	County Wicklow	Elected in 1666 to replace Folliott Wingfield
Sir Thomas Bramhall	Dungannon
Sir Thomas Bramhall	Tuam	Sat for Dungannon
St John Broderick	Kinsale
Sir Allen Broderick	Dungarvan
Richard Bulkeley	Baltinglass
Thomas Burdett	Carlow
Sir Francis Butler	Old Leighlin
Lord John Butler	Dublin University
Stephen Butler	Belturbet	Died and replaced in 1662 by his son Francis Butler
John Campbell	Callan
Henry Cary	Fore	Elected 1662 to replace Sir Timothy Tyrrill. Died 1663 and was replaced by John Forrest
Thomas Caulfeild	Charlemont
Sir Arthur Chichester	Dungannon
Randolph Clayton	Kinsale
John Cliffe	Taghmon
Sir John Cole	County Fermanagh
Sir Michael Cole	Enniskillen
Sir Robert Cole	Enniskillen
Dudley Colley	Philipstown
Robert Colville	Hillsborough
Edward Cook	Clogher
Charles Coote	County Roscommon	Replaced 1662 by George Lane, 1st Viscount Lanesborough.
Sir Peter Courthorpe	Cork City
John Craige	Strabane
Edward Crofton	Lanesborough
Vere Essex Cromwell	County Down
James Cuffe	County Mayo
Sir Thomas Dancer	New Ross
Henry Davys	Belfast
Hercules Davys	Carrickfergus
John Davys	County Antrim
Sir Paul Davys	County Kildare
Sir William Davys	Dublin City
William Davys	County Fermanagh	Died and replaced 1662 by Henry Blennerhassett
Arthur Denny	County Kerry
Edward Dering	Lisburn
Carey Dillon	Banagher
William Domville	Antrim Borough	Elected when the constituency was created in 1665
Sir William Domville	County Dublin	Attorney-General for Ireland
Matthew Draper	Clogher
Sir John Edgeworth	St Johnstown (Co Longford)
Sir Maurice Eustace jnr	Knocktopher
Sir Maurice Fenton	Fethard (County Tipperary)
Gerald Fitzgerald	Limerick City
John FitzGerald	Dungarvan
Robert Fitzgerald	County Kildare
Sir William Flower	St Canice
Sir Arthur Forbes	County Tyrone	Also elected for Mullingar
Sir Robert Forth	County Meath
Arthur Freke	Clonakilty
Richard Gethin	Newtown Limavady
Sir Thomas Gifford	Trim
John Gilbert	Maryborough
Sir Arthur Gore	County Mayo
Sir William Gore	Banagher
Robert Gorges	Bandonbridge
Isaac Granier	Ennis
Charles Hamilton	County Donegal
Sir Francis Hamilton	County Cavan
Hans Hamilton	County Armagh
William Handcock	County Westmeath
Sir Standish Hartstonge	Limerick City
Francis Harvey	Clonmines
Arthur Hill	County Down
Moyses Hill	Drogheda
Henry Howard	Tallow	By-election May 1661
Sir Henry Ingoldsby	County Clare
John Jeffreys	Antrim Borough	Elected when the constituency was created in 1665
Robert Johnston	Lisburn	Elected 1665 in place of Sir Edward Smith
Oliver Jones	Knocktopher
Oliver Jones	County Roscommon
Sir Theophilus Jones	County Meath
Thomas Keating	Ballynakill
Sir Robert King	Ballyshannon
Sir William King	County Limerick
William Knight	Belfast
Sir Richard Kyrle	Cork City
George Lane	County Roscommon
Sir Richard Lane, 1st Baronet	Tuam	Elected 1665 to replace Robert Ormesby
Dr Dudley Loftus	Bannow
Nicholas Loftus	Fethard (County Wexford)
John Lyndon	Killybegs
Boyle Maynard	Youghal
Amos Meredith	Ballynakill
Charles Meredyth	Old Leighlin
Sir Audley Mervyn	County Tyrone	Speaker and Prime Serjeant
Henry Mervyn	Augher
Sir Hugh Middleton	Castlebar	Replaced William Rowse, who had been absent without leave
Martin Noel	Wexford Borough
Henry O'Brien, Lord Ibrackan	County Clare
Robert Oliver	County Limerick
Sir Richard Osborne	County Waterford
Richard Palfrey	Augher
Sir John Perceval	County Cork	Died 1665 and was replaced by John St Leger.
William Petty	Inistioge
Henry Piers	St Johnstown (Co Longford)
Alexander Pigott	Maryborough
John Ponsonby	County Kilkenny
Thomas Pooley	Mallow
John Povey	Swords
Richard Power	County Waterford	Succeeded to peerage 1661 and replaced by James, Lord Annesley
John Preston	Navan
Sir Nicholas Purdon	Baltimore
William Purefoy	Ennis
John Read	Bandonbridge
Sir George Rawdon	Carlingford
Robert Reading	Ratoath	Elected 1662 to replace Richard Boughton
Sir Richard Reynell	Athboy
Edward Richardson	County Armagh
Sir Oliver St George	County Galway
Sir Heywood St Leger	Mallow
Launcelot Sandes	Dingle
Sir James Shaen	Clonmel
Robert Shapcote	Wicklow Borough
Robert Shapcote	Thomastown	Sat for Wicklow Borough
Sir John Skeffington	County Antrim
Owen Silver	Youghal
Boyle Smith	Tallow	Elected April 1661. Died May 1661.
Edward Smith	Lisburn	Resigned in 1665 on appointment as Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland)
Erasmus Smith	Ardee	Replaced John Ruxton, who had been expelled
Richard Southwell	Askeaton
Sir Thomas Stanley	County Louth
Alexander Staples	Strabane	Expelled and replaced 1665 by Sir Peter Harvey
Richard Stephens	Ardee	Replaced John Chambers, who had been expelled
Archibald Stewart	Tallow	By-election May 1661
John Temple	Carlow	Solicitor-General for Ireland. Acted as Speaker, 1661-2, while the previous Speaker, Sir Audley Mervyn was in London.
Sir John Temple	County Carlow
Sir William Temple	County Carlow
Sir Henry Tichborne	Sligo Borough
Richard Townsend	Baltimore
Marcus Trevor	County Down	Ennobled 1662 and replaced by Vere Essex Cromwell
Sir Henry Tynte	County Cork	Died 1661 and replaced by Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet.
Arthur Upton	Carrickfergus
Nicholas Ward	Downpatrick
Sir James Ware	Dublin University
John Weaver	King's County
William Weldon	Athy
Oliver Wheeler	St Canice
Folliott Wingfield	Tallow	April 1661 - sat for County Wicklow
Folliott Wingfield	County Wicklow	Created Viscount Powerscourt in 1665

References

"Part II; Parliaments of Ireland". Return of the name of every member of the lower house of parliament of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with name of constituency represented, and date of return, from 1213 to 1874. Command papers. Vol. C.69-I. HMSO. 1878. pp. 603–691.

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