Waterford City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Waterford City
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
County County Waterford
Borough Waterford
1264 (1264) (1264 (1264))–1801 (1801)
Replaced by Waterford City (UKHC)

Waterford City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1264 to 1800. Following the Act of Union of 1800 the borough retained one seat.

Contents

Borough

This constituency was based in the city of Waterford in County Waterford. It was incorporated by charter in 1264 with freeholders and freemen.

Members of Parliament

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1560Maurice WisePeter Stronge [1]
1585 Nicholas Walsh SpeakerSir Patrick Walsh [1]
1613Richard WaddingPaul Sherlock [1]
1634William DobbinRichard Strange [1]
1639Richard ButlerJohn Walsh [2]
1661William HulseyJohn Eyers [1]
1689 Patriot Parliament John Porter Nicholas FitzGerald
1692 Henry Nicholls Anthony Suxbury
1695 Richard Christmas
1703 Maynard Christian
1713 Thomas Christmas
1715 John Mason
1738 Ambrose Congreve
1739 Robert Carew
1741 Christmas Paul
1747 Samuel Barker
1748 Shapland Carew
1761 Cornelius Bolton Henry Alcock
1769 Shapland Carew
1776 Cornelius Bolton Robert Shapland Carew
1783 Henry Alcock
1798 William Congreve Alcock
1801Replaced by Westminster constituency Waterford City

Elections

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 634.
  2. ↑ McGrath, Brid (19 June 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.

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