Drogheda (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Drogheda was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.

Drogheda
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	by 1359[1]
Abolished	1801
Replaced by	Drogheda

History

There were originally two boroughs named Drogheda, lying on opposite sides of the River Boyne that forms the boundary between County Meath to the south and County Louth (or Uriel) to the north.[2] Sometimes a writ of election was made to the two boroughs separately (Drogheda versus Uriel and Drogheda versus Midiam)[3] and sometimes to the two jointly (Drogheda ex utraque parte aquae, "on both sides of the water").[1] In 1412, the two boroughs were united and, together with their liberties, formed into the "county of the town of Drogheda" separate from Meath and Louth.[2] The county of the town formed a single county borough constituency.

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Drogheda was represented with two members.[4]

Members of Parliament

Date	Met at	Members	Representing	Ref
1369	Dublin	Walter Miles	versus Uriel	[5]
1370	Dublin	John Fulpot and Walter Milys	versus Uriel	[3]
		John Asshewell and John Stamen	versus Meath	[6]
January 1371	Kilkenny	Simon Tyrry and Richard Spes	versus Meath	[7]
June 1371	Ballydoyle	Adam FitzSymond and others		[8]
1560		John Weston and Robert Burnell		[9]
1585	Dublin	John Barnewall and Peter Nugent	County of the town	[10]
1613	Dublin	John Blakeney and Roger Bealinge		[11]
1635		Thomas Pippard and Richard Brice		[11]
1639	Dublin	Thomas Pippard (died and replaced 1640 by John Stanley. Stanley expelled 1642) and Richard Brice (expelled 1642 for non-attendance)	County of the town	[10]
1642		Sir Thomas Lucas and Worseley Batten		[10]
1661	Dublin	Moyses Hill and William Toxteth	County of the town	[10]

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Henry Dowdall			Christopher Peppard FitzGeorge
1692		Charles Moore, Lord Moore			Edward Singleton
1710					John Graham
1713		Henry Singleton
August 1717					John Leigh [note 1]
1717					Edward Singleton
1727					William Graham
1741		Francis Leigh
1749					John Graham
1768					William Meade [note 2]
1776		Sydenham Singleton
1783		Henry Meade-Ogle			John Forbes
1790		William Meade-Ogle
1796					John Ball
1798		Edward Hardman
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Drogheda

Notes

1. Expelled in 1717
2. Changed surname to Meade-Ogle in 1772

References

Citations

1. "Close Roll 33 Edward III No.27". CIRCLE. Trinity College, Dublin. 18 March 1359. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
2. Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Municipal Corporations in Ireland (1835). "The County of the Town of Drogheda". Appendix to the First Report, Part II. pp. 801–888 : §§ 2, 5.
3. Clarke 1926, p.117 IV.2 'John Fulpot and Walter Milys were "electi milites pro communitate ville de Drogheda ex parte Uriel" to attend the Parliament at Dublin (April 15, 1370)'
4. O'Hart (2007), p. 502
5. Clarke 1926, p.116 IV.1
6. Clarke 1926, p.119 V.4
7. Clarke 1926, p.119 V.7
8. Clarke 1926, p.117 IV.5
9. http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
10. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 607.
11. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27729225?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Sources

• Clarke, Maude V. (1932–34). "William of Windsor in Ireland, 1369-1376". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature. 41: 55–130. JSTOR 25515963.
• 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.