List of Irish MPs 1790–97

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This is a list of members of the Irish House of Commons between 2 July 1790 and 11 July 1797. There were 300 MPs at a time in this period.

NameConstituencyNotes
Thomas Adderley Clonakilty 1790–1791 (died May 1791)
Henry Alcock Waterford City
Benjamin Stratford Baltinglass
John Stratford Baltinglass
John Armstrong Kilmallock 1790–1791 (died September 1791)
Henry Alexander Askeaton
Richard Annesley Newtownards
Mervyn Archdall Fermanagh
Richard Archdall Ardfert
Sir Fitzgerald Aylmer Harristown 1790–1794 (died February 1794)
John Bagwell Doneraile
Tipperary
resigned 1790
1792–1797
John Ball Drogheda 1796–1797
Jonah Barrington Tuam
Thomas Barton Fethard (County Tipperary)
Hon. John Beresford Waterford County
Charles Bury Kilmallock 1792–1797
Humphrey Butler Donegal Borough
John Claudius Beresford Swords
Marcus Beresford St Canice 1790–1794 (resigned 1794)
Marcus Beresford Dungarvan
James Bernard Cork County 1790 (died July 1790)
Sir John Blackwood Bangor
Joseph Blake Galway County
Theophilus Blakeney Athenry
William Blakeney Athenry
James Blaquiere Carlingford
John Blaquiere Charleville
Thomas Cherburgh Bligh Athboy
Sir James Bond Naas
Hugh Boyd Antrim County 1794–1795 (died November 1795)
Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw Carlow Borough 1790–1796
Henry Vaughan Brooke Donegal County
Arthur Browne Dublin University
Denis Browne Mayo
William Browne Portarlington
William Brownlow Armagh County
William Brownlow Armagh County
Henry Bruen Carlow County 1790–1795 (died 14 December 1795)
George Bunbury Thomastown
Arthur Burdett Harristown
George Burdett Thomastown
Thomas Burgh Kilbeggan
Peter Burrowes Enniscorthy
Francis Nathaniel Burton Clare
William Henry Burton Carlow County
Charles Kendall Bushe Callan 1796–1797
Gervase Parker Bushe Lanesborough 1790–1793 (died August 1793)
Hon. John Wandesford Butler Kilkenny City
Kilkenny County
1792–1796 (resigned February 1796)
1796 (died April 1796)
Sir Richard Butler Carlow County 1796–1797
Hugh Cane Tallow 1790–1793 (died January 1793)
Robert Shapland Carew Waterford City
Hugh Carncross Newtown Limavady 1795–1797
Ephraim Carroll Bannow
William Handcock Athlone
George Cavendish St Johnstown (County Longford)
Sir Henry Cavendish Lismore
Killybegs
1790–1791 (not duly elected)
1791–1797
Richard Cavendish Portarlington
William Tankerville Chamberlain Clonmines 1791–1793
James Chatterton Doneraile
Jonathan Chetwood Downpatrick
Thomas Pelham Clogher 1795–1797; Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1795–98
Broderick Chinnery Bandonbridge
Richard Trench Newtown Limavady 1796–1797
Henry Theophilus Clements Leitrim 1790–1795 (died October 1795)
Nathaniel Clements Roscommon Borough
Carrick
1790–1791
1791–1797
Nicholas Coddington Dunleer
Thomas Coghlan Augher 1790–1794 (died February 1794)
Vesey Colclough Enniscorthy 1790–1794 (died July 1794)
John Cole Fermanagh
Arthur Cole-Hamilton Enniskillen
Sir Nicholas Colthurst, Bt Clonakilty 1792–1795 (died 1795)
Thomas Conolly Londonderry County
William Burton Conyngham Ennis 1790–1796 (died May 1796)
Edward Cooke Old Leighlin
Joshua Edward Cooper Sligo County
Charles Henry Coote Maryborough
Eyre Coote Ballynakill
Henry Cope Tulsk
Maurice Coppinger Belturbet
Robert Cornwall Enniscorthy 1794–1797
Edward Corry Randalstown 1794–1797
Isaac Corry Newry
Sir James Cotter Castlemartyr
Rogerson Cotter Charleville
Hon. Henry Wellesley Trim 1795
Abraham Creighton Lifford
Abraham Creighton Lifford
Sir Edward Crofton Roscommon County
Sir Michael Cromie Ballyshannon
William Arthur Crosbie Trim 1795–1797
William Cuffe Kilkenny City 1790–1792 (died October 1792)
Robert Cuninghame Monaghan Borough 1790–1796
John Philpot Curran Rathcormack
William Dalrymple Duleek 1796–1797
Denis Daly Galway Borough 1790–1791 (died October 1791)
Denis Bowes Daly King's County
Peter Daly Galway Borough 1792–1797
George Damer (styled Viscount Milton after 1792) Naas 1795–1797; Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1794–95
Arthur Dawson Midleton
Robert Day Ardfert
Sir Barry Denny Kerry 1790–1794 (died April 1794)
Sir Barry Denny Kerry 1794 (died Oct 1794)
Thomas Dickson Ballyshannon
Simon Digby Kildare Borough 1790–1796 (resigned March 1796)
Sylvester Douglas St Canice 1794–1796; Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1793–94
William Downes, 1st Baron Downes Donegal Borough
John Doyle Mullingar
James Blackwood Killyleagh
Patrick Duigenan Old Leighlin 1791–1797
George Dunbar Gowran
John Dunn Randalstown
Henry Duquerry Armagh Borough
Rathcormack
1790
1790–1797
John Egan Tallow
Charles Eustace Clonmines 1794–1797
William Elliot St Canice 1796–1797
John Finlay Dublin County 1791–1797
William Fletcher Tralee 1795–1797
Sir John Evans-Freke Baltimore
Sir Frederick Falkiner Athy
Warden Flood Taghmon
Hon. William Forward-Howard St Johnstown (County Donegal)
Thomas Skeffington Dunleer 1793–1797
Sir Thomas Fetherston Longford County 1796–1797
Lord Charles James FitzGerald Cavan Borough
Lord Edward FitzGerald Kildare County
Edward FitzGerald Castlebar
Lord Henry FitzGerald Dublin City
James FitzGerald Tulsk
Maurice FitzGerald Kerry 1795–1797
Sir Frederick Flood Carlow Borough 1796–1797
John Forbes Drogheda 1780–1796 (died 1797)
Thomas James Fortescue Louth 1790–1795 (died July 1795)
William Charles Fortescue Louth 1796–1797
Hon. John Foster Dunleer 1790–1792 (died February 1792)
John Foster Louth
Luke Fox Fethard (County Wexford) 1793–1797
Stephen Francis William Fremantle Fore 1790–1794 (died September 1794)
Arthur French Roscommon County
Daniel Gahan Fethard (County Tipperary)
Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen Longford County
Sir William Godfrey Belfast 1792–1797
Hamilton Gorges Meath 1792–1797
Hon. Arthur Acheson Old Leighlin 1790 (ennobled September 1790)
Richard Grace Baltimore
Henry Grattan Dublin City
Robert Graydon Kildare Borough
Alexander Hamilton Carrickfergus
John Stuart Hamilton Strabane
Sackville Hamilton Clogher
Armagh Borough
1790–1795 (resigned)
1796–1797
Henry Pomeroy Strabane
Richard Hardinge Knocktopher 1796–1797
Francis Hardy Mullingar
William Hare Cork City 1796–1797
Caleb Harman Longford County 1793–1796 (murdered January 1796)
Jones Harrison Kildare Borough 1796–1797
George Hatton Lisburn
Henry Hatton Fethard (County Wexford) 1793 (died November 1793)
Samuel Hayes Maryborough 1990–1995 (died November 1795)
Thomas Taylour Meath 1794–1795 (ennobled February 1795)
Francis Hely Dublin University
Richard Townsend Herbert Clogher
Bartholomew Hoare Dingle 1795–1797
Hon. Christopher Hely Taghmon 1794–1797
John Hely Cork City
Hon. John Hely Taghmon 1790–1794 (died September 1794)
Joseph Hewitt Belfast 1790–1791 (died 1794)
Arthur Hill Down ennobled October 1793
George Fitzgerald Hill Coleraine
Londonderry City
1790–1795
1795–1797
Hugh Hill Londonderry City 1790–1795 (died February 1795)
Edward Hoare Banagher
Joseph Hoare Askeaton
Robert Hobart Armagh Borough 1790–1797; Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1789–93
John Hobson Castlemartyr 1792–1797
Peter Holmes Kilmallock
John Cradock Castlebar
Hon. Hugh Howard St Johnstown (County Donegal)
Hugh Howard Athboy
William Hume Wicklow County
William Irvine Ratoath
George Jackson Coleraine 1790–1796 (resigned February 1796)
Denham Jephson Mallow
Richard Mountney Jephson Charlemont 1794–1797
Hon. George Jocelyn Dundalk
Robert Jocelyn Dundalk
Robert Johnson Hillsborough
Sir Richard Johnston Blessington 1790–1795 (died April 1795)
Theophilus Jones Leitrim
Edward Jones-Agnew Antrim County 1792–1797
Bryan Kavanagh Kilkenny City 1796–1797
John Keane Bangor
James Kearney Kinsale
Maurice Keatinge Kildare County
David Ker Blessington 1796–1797
Edward King Carrick 1790–1794
Henry King Boyle
Robert King Cork County
Robert Edward King Jamestown 1796–1797
William Knott Duleek resigned 1796
Hon. George Knox Dungannon
Hon. John Knox Dungannon 1790–1794 (resigned 1794)
Hercules Langrishe Knocktopher
Robert Langrishe Knocktopher 1790–1796
David La Touche Newcastle
David La Touche Newcastle
John La Touche Newtownards 1790–1796
John La Touche Newtownards 1796–1797
Robert La Touche Harristown 1794–1797
Peter La Touche Leitrim 1796–1797
Hon. Clotworthy Taylor Trim
Meath
1791–1795 (resigned 1795)
1795–1797
Hon. Hercules Rowley Antrim County 1790–1791 (ennobled 1791)
William Lecky Londonderry City
Francis Leigh Wexford Borough
Robert Leigh New Ross
Charles Powell Leslie Monaghan County
Thomas Lighton Tuam
John Lloyd Inistioge
John Loftus Wexford County
Thomas Loftus Fethard (County Wexford) 1790–1792 (died January 1792)
William Loftus Fethard (County Wexford) 1796–1797
John Longfield Philipstown 1795–1797
John Longfield Mallow
Mountifort Longfield Enniscorthy
Richard Longfield Cork City 1790–1795 (ennobled 1795)
Gorges Lowther Meath 1790–1792 (died February 1792)
Gorges Lowther Ratoath
Sir John Macartney Fore 1793–1797
Richard Magenis Enniskillen
Richard Magenis Fore 1794–1797
Eyre Massey Swords
John Massy Limerick County
John Monck Mason St Canice
Hon. Francis Mathew Tipperary
Callan
Tipperary
1790–1792 (not duly elected)
1796
1796–1797
John Maxwell Cavan County 1793–1797
John Maxwell-Barry Doneraile 1792–1797
Sir James May Waterford County
John McClintock Belturbet
Francis McNamara Clare
William Meade-Ogle Drogheda
William Meeke Callan
John Metge Banagher
Charles Stanley Monck Gorey
Alexander Montgomery Donegal County
John Montgomery Monaghan County
William Montgomery Hillsborough
William Domville Stanley Monk Coleraine 1795–1797
Crosbie Morgell Tralee 1790–1794 (suicide November 1794)
Lodge Evans Morres Bandonbridge
Ennis
1790–1795 (resigned 1795)
1796–1797
Charles Moore Queen's County 1790–1791 (unseated due to insanity)
John Moore Clonmel 1792–1797
John Moore Lisburn
Stephen Moore Lanesborough
Stephen Moore Clonmel 1790 (ennobled 1790)
William Moore Clonmel
Abraham Morris Cork County 1791–1797
George Sandford Roscommon Borough
Henry Sandford Roscommon Borough 1791–1797
John Bourke Naas 1790–1794 (ennobled August 1794)
Thomas Nesbitt Cavan Borough
Edward Newenham Dublin County
Richard Nevill Wexford Borough
Hon. George Nugent Fore 1790–1792 (ennobled September 1792)
John Toler Gorey
Sir Edward O'Brien Ennis 1795–1797
Sir Lucius O'Brien Ennis 1790–1795 (died January 1795)
Arthur O'Connor Philipstown 1790–1795 (resigned 1795)
Charles O'Hara Sligo County
Charles O'Neill Clonakilty 1790–1792
John O'Neill Antrim County 1790–1793
George Ogle Wexford County
John Butler Kilkenny City 1790–1791 (ennobled 1791)
Walter Butler Kilkenny County 1790–1795 (ennobled December 1795)
Hon. James Wandesford Butler Kilkenny City
Kilkenny County
1796–1796 (never took seat, resigned May 1796)
1796–1797
Arthur Ormsby Athy
Charles Montague Ormsby Duleek
Charles Osborne Carysfort
Sir Thomas Osborne Carysfort
Thomas Pakenham Kells
Sir John Parnell Queen's County
Richard Pennefather Cashel
William Pennefather Cashel
John Pomeroy Trim 1790 (died June 1790)
Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby Dungarvan
George Ponsonby Inistioge
George Ponsonby Lismore 1796–1797
John Brabazon Ponsonby Tallow 1794–1797
William Ponsonby Bandonbridge 1796–1797
William Brabazon Ponsonby Kilkenny County
Thomas Prendergast Clonakilty 1795–1797
Cromwell Price Monaghan Borough 1791–1797
Hon. Thomas Knox Tyrone
George Rawson Armagh Borough 1790–1796
John Reilly Blessington
William Richardson Armagh Borough
Sir Boyle Roche Tralee
John Staunton Rochfort Coleraine 1796–1797
Clotworthy Rowley Downpatrick
Laurence Parsons Longford County 1790–1792 (ennobled 1792)
Lawrence Parsons King's County 1791–1797
Sir William Parsons King's County 1790–1791 (died May 1791)
Edmund Henry Pery Limerick City 1790–1794 (ennobled July 1794)
John Richardson Newtown Limavady 1790–1795 (resigned 1795)
Robert Rochfort Westmeath
Robert Ross Newry
Hon. Hercules Langford Rowley Meath 1790–1794 (died March 1794)
William Rowley Kinsale
William Parkinson Ruxton Ardee
William Sankey Philipstown
Francis Saunderson Cavan County
Francis Savage Down 1794–1997
Henry Boyle Clonakilty 1793–1797
Richard Sheridan Charlemont 1790–1794
William Sherlock Kilbeggan
Henry Skeffington Belfast
Hon. Chichester Skeffington Antrim Borough
William John Skeffington Antrim Borough
Michael Smith Randalstown 1791–1793 (appointed judge 1793)
Sir William Smith Lanesborough 1794–1797
John Prendergast Smyth Limerick City
Sir Skeffington Smyth Galway Borough
William Smyth Westmeath
Nathaniel Sneyd Carrick 1794–1797
Sir Richard St George Athlone
Edmond Stanley Augher
John Staples Newtown Limavady
Antrim County
1790–1795 (resigned 1795)
1796–1797
Annesley Stewart Charlemont
Charles Stewart Cavan County 1790–1793
James Stewart Tyrone
Sir John Stewart Augher 1794–1797
John Preston Navan
Joseph Preston Navan
Robert Taylor Kells
Robert Stewart Down
Richard Wogan Talbot Dublin County 1790–1791 (ruled not duly elected)
John Taylor St Johnstown (County Longford)
Thomas Tenison Boyle 1792–1797
Edward Tighe Wicklow Borough
William Tighe Wicklow Borough
Daniel Toler Tipperary 1790–1796 (died January 1796)
Charles Tottenham Fethard (County Wexford) 1790–1795 (died September 1795)
Charles Tottenham New Ross
Nicholas Loftus Tottenham Clonmines
Ponsonby Tottenham Bannow
John Townsend Dingle
Richard Boyle Townsend Dingle 1790–1795 (resigned 1795)
William Trench Galway County
John Tydd Ballynakill
James Cuffe Mayo
James Uniacke Youghal
Robert Uniacke Youghal
John Ormsby Vandeleur Carlow Borough
John Ormsby Vandeleur Granard
Thomas Pakenham Vandeleur Granard
Charles Vereker Limerick City 1794–1797
James Verner Dungannon 1794–1797
Hon. John Vesey Maryborough 1796–1797
Sir Charles des Voeux Carlingford
John Waller Limerick County
Henry Beresford Londonderry County
Hon. Robert Ward Killyleagh
Ezekiel Davys Wilson Carrickfergus
John Warburton Queen's County 1791–1797
Nathaniel Warren Callan 1790–1796 (died January 1796)
Hon. Arthur Wellesley Trim
Patrick Welch Gowran
Nicholas Westby Wicklow County
Henry Westenra Monaghan Borough 1796–1797
Arthur Wolfe Jamestown
John Wolfe Killybegs
John Wolfe Ardee
Henry Wood Jamestown resigned 1796
Benjamin Blake Woodward Midleton
Robert Wynne Sligo Borough
Owen Wynne Sligo Borough

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