Thomastown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Thomastown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised.
| Thomastown | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1541 |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Members of Parliament
- 1560 Francis Cosby and Henry Colley [1]
- 1585 Walter Sherlock and Robert Porter [1]
- 1613–1615 Robert Porter and Nicolas Robucke [1]
- 1634–1635 Patrick Sherlock and Jacob Walsh [1]
- 1639–1649 Seafoule Gibson [1] and Michael Wandesford [2]
- 1661–1666 Robert Shapcote (sat for Wicklow and replaced 1661 by John Brett) and Thomas Burrell [3]
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Robert Grace, Snr | Robert Grace, Jnr | ||||
| 1692 | William Harrison | John Hayes | ||||
| 1695 | Christopher Hewetson | Arthur Bushe | ||||
| 1703 | John Beauchamp | |||||
| 1713 | Amyas Bushe | |||||
| 1715 | William Flower | John Cuffe | ||||
| 1715 | William Despard | |||||
| 1721 | Richard Bettesworth | |||||
| 1727 | Luke Gardiner | Nicholas Aylward | ||||
| 1755 | Redmond Morres | |||||
| 1757 | Hon. Joseph Leeson | |||||
| 1761 | Alexander McAuley | Thomas Eyre | ||||
| 1767 | Lord Frederick Campbell | |||||
| 1768 | James Agar | Thomas Maunsell | ||||
| 1769 | George Dunbar | |||||
| 1776 | Robert Forde | Edward Bellingham Swan | ||||
| 1783 | George Roth | Patrick Welch | ||||
| 1786 | George Bunbury | |||||
| 1790 | George Burdett | |||||
| 1798 | George Dunbar | James Kearney | ||||
| March 1800 | Hon. Charles William Stewart | |||||
| April 1800 | William Gardiner | |||||
| May 1800 | John Francis Cradock | |||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||
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See also
References
- http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
- https://archive.org/stream/parliamentaryme00belmgoog/parliamentaryme00belmgoog_djvu.txt
- Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 621.
- 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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