Taghmon (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

Taghmon was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.

Members of Parliament

• 1634–1635 David Hore of Harperstown ^[1] and Thomas Roche ^[2]
• 1639–1649: Richard Barnewall (expelled for non-attendance) ^[2]
• 1661–1666 John Cliffe ^[3] and Sir Anthony Morgan ^[2]

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		George Hore			Walter Hore
1692		Patrick Lambert			Anderson Saunders
1695		Robert Wolseley
1703		Richard Saunders
1713		George Saville
1715		Richard Saunders
1719					Caesar Colclough
1727					William Hore
1731		John Bowes
1742		Charles Gardiner
1746					Walter Hore
1761		Walter Hore			Hon. James Stopford [4]
1768		John Hatch			James Willson
1771		Sir James Cotter, 2nd Bt
1776		Thomas Pigott			William Alexander English
1783		Dudley Hussey			Hon. Richard Hely-Hutchinson
1786		Robert Stubber
1789					Hon. John Hely-Hutchinson
1790		John Hely-Hutchinson			Warden Flood
1795		Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson
1796		Charles McDonnell
1797					Robert Rutledge
1798		William Knott			James Knox
1801		Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

1. Burke. "Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Volume 1". p. 592.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
2. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 637.
3. Burke (1852). A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain. p.  230.
4. from 1762 James Stopford, Viscount Stopford

References

• 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.