Enniscorthy (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Enniscorthy was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons
to 1800.
of 1689 summoned by King James II
, Enniscorthy 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 1800.
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...
, Enniscorthy 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... |
James Devereux | Dudley Colclough | ||||
| 1689 | Arthur Waddington | |||||
| 1692 | Richard Barry | John Seymour | ||||
| September 1703 | Morley Saunders | John Asgill John Asgill John Asgill was an eccentric English writer and politician.-Life:He studied law at the Middle Temple, 1686, and was called to the bar in 1692. He founded the first land bank in 1695 with Nicholas Barbon, which, after proving to be a profitable venture, merged with the land bank of John Briscoe in... Expelled in 1703 |
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| 1703 | William Berry | |||||
| 1713 | Richard Le Hunt | |||||
| 1715 | William Berry | |||||
| 1740 | Anderson Saunders | |||||
| 1747 | Hon. Thomas George Southwell Thomas Southwell, 1st Viscount Southwell Thomas George Southwell, 1st Viscount Southwell , styled The Honourable from birth until 1766, was an Irish politician and freemason.-Background:... |
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| 1761 | Beauchamp Bagenal Beauchamp Bagenal Beauchamp Bagenal was an Irish rake, buck, duellist and politician.He was born in County Carlow in 1741 and inherited the family estates aged 11. Bagenal gained a reputation as a hell raiser and serial heartbreaker, and was reportedly described as the handsomest man in Ireland... |
John Grogan | ||||
| 1768 | Cornelius Grogan Cornelius Grogan Cornelius Grogan , was a United Irishman.Grogan was born about 1738, the eldest son of John Grogan of Johnstown Castle, Wexford, by his wife Catherine, daughter and heiress of Major Andrew Knox of Rathmacknee. His father, a protestant landlord, was a member of the Irish parliament... |
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| 1769 | Sir Edward Newenham | |||||
| 1776 | Frederick Flood Created a baronet in 1780 | Mountifort Longfield | ||||
| October 1783 | William Alexander English Declared not duly elected in 1783 | |||||
| 1783 | Conway Heatley | |||||
| 1790 | Vesey Colclough | |||||
| 1795 | Robert Cornwall | |||||
| January 1798 | William Congreve Alcock Also elected for Waterford City Waterford City (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Waterford City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1264 to 1800. Following the Act of Union of 1800 the borough retained one seat.-Boundaries and Boundary Changes:... in 1798, for which he chose to sit |
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| 1798 | Thomas Whaley Thomas Whaley (politician) Thomas Whaley , commonly known as Buck Whaley or Jerusalem Whaley, was an Irish gambler and member of the Irish House of Commons.-Early life:... |
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| February 1800 | Peter Burrowes Peter Burrowes -Life:He was born in Portarlington, County Laois in 1753. At Trinity College, Dublin, which he entered in 1774, he distinguished himself in the debates of the College Historical Society. While still a student at the Middle Temple, in 1784, he published a pamphlet on Catholic Emancipation, which... |
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| June 1800 | Thomas Dawson | |||||
| 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 | |||||