Dundalk (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Dundalk was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons
to 1801.
of 1689 summoned by King James II
, Dundalk was represented with two members.
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...
to 1801.
History
In the Patriot ParliamentPatriot 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...
, Dundalk was represented with two members.
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1689 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... |
Robert Dermott | John Dowdall | ||||
| 1692 | Thomas Perceval | William Shaw | ||||
| 1695 | Kilner Brasier | |||||
| 1703 | Henry Bellingham | James Somerville | ||||
| 1707 | Richard Tisdall | |||||
| 1713 | Henry Brooke Henry Brooke (Irish politician) Henry Brooke was an Irish politician.He was the son of Thomas Brooke, grandson of Sir Basil Brooke, 1st Baronet, and his wife Catherine Cole, daughter of Sir John Cole, 1st Baronet. In 1709, he was appointed High Sheriff of Fermanagh and Governor of County Fermanagh. Between 1713 and 1727, he sat... |
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| 1715 | James Hamilton | |||||
| 1719 | Henry Morrison | |||||
| 1721 | James Tisdall | |||||
| 1727 | Thomas Fortescue | Hans Hamilton | ||||
| 1728 | John Hamilton | |||||
| 1757 | James Fortescue James Fortescue James Fortescue was an Irish politician.He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Dundalk between 1757 and 1760 and County Louth between 1761 and his death... |
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| May 1761 | James Smyth Also elected for Antrim Borough in 1761, for which he chose to sit | Robert Waller | ||||
| 1761 | David La Touche | |||||
| 1768 | William Henry Fortescue William Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont William Henry Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont KP was an Irish peer and politician.He served as High Sheriff of Louth in 1746. He became Earl of Clermont in 1777 and was appointed a Knight Founder of the Order of St Patrick on 30 March 1795... Also elected for Monaghan Borough Monaghan Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Monaghan Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.-1692–1801:... in 1768, for which he chose to sit |
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| 1769 | James Smyth | |||||
| 1771 | James Sheil | |||||
| 1776 | William Conyngham | |||||
| 1781 | Robert Lindsay | |||||
| 1783 | Viscount Jocelyn Robert Jocelyn, 2nd Earl of Roden Robert Jocelyn, 2nd Earl of Roden KP, PC was an Irish peer and politician. He was styled The Honourable from his birth to 1771, and then Viscount Jocelyn from 1771 to 1797.... |
Hon. George Jocelyn | ||||
| 1798 | John Jocelyn | |||||
| 1799 | John Straton | |||||
| 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... |
Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Dundalk Dundalk (UK Parliament constituency) Dundalk was a parliamentary borough constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom... |
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