Bannow (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Bannow was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.

Bannow
Former constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created ()
Abolished1800
Replaced byDisenfranchised

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was the borough of Bannow in County Wexford.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Bannow was represented with two members.[1] Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised.

Members of Parliament

  • 1634–1635: Pierce Neville and Walter Furlong (or Walter Stapleton) [2]
  • 1639–1649: Christopher Hollywood (expelled 1642) and Gerald Cheevers (expelled 1642)[2]
  • 1661–1666: Dr Dudley Loftus and Henry Warren [3]

1689–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689 Patriot Parliament Francis Plowden Alexius Stafford
1692 Nathaniel Boyse John Cliffe
1715 James Boyse
1725 Samuel Boyse
1727 George Ogle
1730 William Harrison
1737 Nicholas Hume-Loftus [note 1]
1747 Hon. Henry Loftus
1761 Henry Mitchell
1768 Charles Tottenham Robert Hellen
1776 Henry Loftus Nicholas Loftus Tottenham
1790 Ponsonby Tottenham Ephraim Carroll
1798 William Loftus
1799 Robert Shaw
February 1800 Joseph McClean
March 1800 Thomas Prior
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes

  1. Styled as The Honourable from 1751
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References

  1. O'Hart (2007), p. 504
  2. http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
  3. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 638.

Bibliography

  • O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
  • Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
  • Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800., Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4
  • T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
  • Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
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