Donegal County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Donegal County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. The county received two seats at Westminster thereafter.
| Donegal | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Replaced by | Donegal |
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Donegal County was not represented.[1] Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.
Members of Parliament
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1613 | Sir John Vaughan[2] | Sir William Stewart[2] | ||||
| 1634 | ||||||
| 1639 | Sir Ralph Gore | Sir Paul Davys[2] | ||||
| 1656 | Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet | Thomas Newburgh | ||||
| 1661 | Sir Charles Hamilton[3] | Richard Perkins[2] | ||||
| 1689 | Donegal County was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | |||||
| 1692 | Charles Hamilton | Gustavus Hamilton | ||||
| 1695 | Henry Conyngham | |||||
| 1707 | Frederick Hamilton[note 1] | Whig | ||||
| 1713 | Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt | Whig | ||||
| 1716 | The Hon. Gustavus Hamilton | |||||
| 1727 | Alexander Montgomery | |||||
| 1730 | The Hon. Henry Hamilton | |||||
| 1735 | George Knox | |||||
| 1741 | Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Bt | |||||
| 1743 | Andrew Knox | |||||
| 1747 | Sir Ralph Gore, 6th Bt | |||||
| 1765 | Robert Clements | |||||
| 1768 | John McCausland | Alexander Montgomery | Patriot | |||
| 1776 | Robert Clements | |||||
| 1783 | Henry Vaughan Brooke | |||||
| 1790 | ||||||
| 1800 | Viscount Sudley | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Donegal | |||||
Notes
- Styled as The Honourable from 1715
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References
- O'Hart (2007), p. 501
- Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 611.
- MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800
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.
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