Charlemont (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Charlemont was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons

Irish House of Commons

The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...

until 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament

Patriot Parliament

The Patriot Parliament is the name given to the session of the Irish Parliament called by King James II of Ireland during the War of the Two Kings in 1689. The parliament met in one session, from 7 May 1689 to 20 July 1689, and was the only session of the Irish Parliament under King James II.The...

of 1689 summoned by King James II

James II of England

James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...

, Charlemont was not represented.

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1689	Charlemont was not represented in the Patriot Parliament Patriot Parliament The Patriot Parliament is the name given to the session of the Irish Parliament called by King James II of Ireland during the War of the Two Kings in 1689. The parliament met in one session, from 7 May 1689 to 20 July 1689, and was the only session of the Irish Parliament under King James II.The...
1692	Richard Gorges	William Stewart
1695	Stephen Ludlow	Edward Riley
1703	Hon. John Caulfeild John Caulfeild Colonel John Caulfeild , styled The Honourable from birth, was an Irish soldier and politician.He was the fourth son of the 1st Viscount Charlemont and his wife Hon. Sarah Moore, second daughter of the 2nd Viscount Moore. Caulfield was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and was appointed Burgess...	Hon. James Caulfeild
1705		John Davys
1707	George Dodington George Dodington George Dodington was a Whig politician under the patronage of Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford.Dodington represented Charlemont in the Irish House of Commons from 1707 to 1713. He served as Secretary to the Treasurer of the Navy during the reign of William III, and in 1707-1708 was Secretary to...	John Davys
1713	Hon. James Caulfeild	Andrew Lloyd
1715		Humphrey May Humphrey May Sir Humphrey May was an English politician. He was born the fourth son of Richard May, Merchant Taylor of London. He matriculated from St John's College, Oxford on 25th October 1588, graduated B.A. on 3rd March 1592 and became student of the Middle Temple in 1592...
1723		John Caulfeild
1727	John Moore
1752	Thomas Adderley
1761	Francis Caulfeild	Henry William Moore
1763	Francis Caulfeild	Annesley Stewart Succeeded as 6th Baronet in 1769
1775	Henry Grattan Henry Grattan Henry Grattan was an Irish politician and member of the Irish House of Commons and a campaigner for legislative freedom for the Irish Parliament in the late 18th century. He opposed the Act of Union 1800 that merged the Kingdoms of Ireland and Great Britain.-Early life:Grattan was born at...
1790	Richard Sheridan
1794	Richard Mountney Jephson
January 1798		Viscount Caulfield Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont Francis William Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont KP, PC , styled Viscount Caulfeild until 1799, was an Irish peer and politician.In 1798 Caulfeild stood for Charlemont and Armagh County... Also elected for Armagh County in 1798, for which he chose to sit
1798		William Conyngham Plunket William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket PC was an Irish politician and lawyer who eventually became Lord Chancellor of Ireland....
1798	Francis Dobbs
1801 United Kingdom general election, 1801 The United Kingdom general election, 1801 was not an election as such, but the co-option of members to serve in the first Parliament to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...	Disenfranchised

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