Gowran (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Gowran was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Gowran
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1609 (1609)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Gowran was represented with two members.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1609–1801

• 1613–1615 John Swayne and Thomas Stanton [2]
• 1634–1635 John Hackett and James Kealy [2]
• 1639–1649 Sir Patrick Wemyss and Peter Butler (Butler resigned and replaced 1641 by Piers Crosbie)[2]
• 1661–1666 William Warden of Burnchurch and John Powell [3]

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Richard Butler			Walter Kelly
1689					Robert Fielding
1692		Sir Charles Meredyth			George Warburton
1695		Edward May			Joseph Stepney
1703		Patrick Wemyss			Robert Maude [note 1]
November 1713		Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Bt [note 2]			James Agar [note 3]
1713		Patrick Wemyss
November 1715		John Pepper
1715					David Chaigneau
1725		William Martin
1727		Henry Agar
1747		James Agar
1753					James Agar
1761		George Dunbar			William Henry Burton
1768		Hon. John Ponsonby [note 4]			James Agar [note 5]
1769		Arthur Browne			Henry Prittie
1776		James Agar			John Butler
1777		Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Bt
October 1783		Hon. Henry Welbore Agar [note 6]			George Dunbar
1783		George Burdett
1790		Patrick Welch
1798		George Bunbury			George Burdett
1800		Henry Verney Lovett Darby
1801		Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

1. Created a baronet in 1705
2. Also elected for Kilkenny City in 1713, for which he chose to sit
3. Also elected for Callan in 1715, for which he chose to sit
4. Also elected for Kilkenny County in 1768, for which he chose to sit
5. Also elected for Kilkenny County in 1768, for which he chose to sit
6. Also elected for Kilkenny County in 1783, for which he chose to sit

References

1. O'Hart (2007), p. 502
2. http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
3. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 621.

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.