Newcastle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Newcastle
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Dublin
Borough	Newcastle
–1801 (1801)
Replaced by	Disfranchised

Newcastle was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition in 1801.

Newcastle was enfranchised by James I. By the late eighteenth century it had 13 electors, all non-resident. The patronage of the borough was sold by Lord Lanesborough to David La Touche in the between 1776 and 1779, allegedly for £7,000. ^[1] The borough was disfranchised by the Acts of Union 1800, with effect from 1 January 1801, with £15,000 compensation paid under the will of David La Touche. ^[2]

Members of Parliament

• 1613–1615 Sir William Parsons, 1st Baronet of Bellamont and William Rolles ^[3]
• 1634–1635 Sir John Dongan and Patrick Sherlock ^[3]
• 1639–1642 Sir John Dongan and Sir Henry Talbot (both expelled for non-attendance) ^[3]
• 1642–1646 Edmond Keating (election declared void – replaced 1643 by Arthur Whyte) ^[4]
• 1646–1649 Henry Kenny and Cosny Molloy ^[4]
• 1661–1666 Peter Wybrant and Francis Paisley ^[4]

1689–1801

Election	First member			Second member
1689		Thomas Arthur			John Talbot
1692		Richard Morris			Daniel Reading
1695		John Tench			Thomas Pooley
1703		Daniel Reading			John South
1707		Daniel Reading
1711					Charles Monck
1713					Edward Deane
1715					Charles Monck
1726		Anthony Sheppard
1727		Robert Sandford			James Coghill
1735					James Butler
1743					John Butler
1761		John FitzGibbon
1768		William Stewart
1776		Robert Gamble
1783		David La Touche			John La Touche
1785		Thomas Whaley
1790		David La Touche			David La Touche
January 1798					John La Touche [a]
1798					David La Touche
1801	Constituency disfranchised

Notes

1. Chose to sit for Harristown

References

1. Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800. Vol. II. p. 235. ISBN   978-1903688090.
2. Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary. "County Dublin". History of the Irish Parliament. Ulster Historical Foundation.
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. 614.

Sources

• 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.