Old Leighlin (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Old Leighlin
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
County County Carlow
Borough Old Leighlin
 () ( ())–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byDisfranchised

Old Leighlin was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons, the lower house in the Irish Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland. It based in Old Leighlin, near the town of Leighlinbridge in County Carlow. It was a bishop's borough, controlled by the Church of Ireland Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin. [1]

The borough was disenfranchised by the Acts of Union 1800, with effect from 1 January 1801. £15,000 was paid to the Commissioners of First Fruits to be used at their discretion.

Members of Parliament

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1634James CusackRichard FitzGerald [lower-alpha 1]
Sir Thomas Meredyth
1639James Cusack [lower-alpha 2] Roger Brereton
Thomas Davills [lower-alpha 3]
1642Walter Chambré (died)
1646Peter Wybrants
1661Sir Francis Butler Charles Meredyth
1689 Patriot Parliament Darby Long Daniel Doran
1692 John Dunbar Edward Jones
1695 Richard Boyle John Beauchamp
1703 James Agar John Tench
1713 John Beauchamp St Leger Gilbert
1727 Thomas Trotter
1745 Hon. Robert Jocelyn Thomas Carter
1757 Richard Rigby
May 1761 John Bourke Francis Andrews [lower-alpha 4]
1761 Edward Nicholson
1768 Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt Thomas Monck
1773 John Blaquiere [lower-alpha 5]
1776 Hugh Massy
1777 Robert Jephson
1783 Hon. Henry Luttrell [lower-alpha 6] Hon. Arthur Acheson
1787 Sir Edward Leslie, 1st Bt
1790 Edward Cooke
1791 Patrick Duigenan
1798 Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Bt
1801Constituency disenfranchised
Notes
  1. Sat for Strabane.
  2. Sat for Ballyshannon.
  3. Expelled for rebellion.
  4. Sat for Londonderry City.
  5. Sir John Blaquiere from 1774.
  6. Viscount Luttrell from 1785.

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References

  1. "Old Leighlin". Ulster Historical Foundation. Retrieved 26 December 2022.