Fethard (County Wexford) (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Fethard was a constituency in County Wexford

County Wexford

County Wexford is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Wexford. In pre-Norman times it was part of the Kingdom of Uí Cheinnselaig, whose capital was at Ferns. Wexford County Council is the local...

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...

to 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...

, Fethard was represented with two members.

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
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 Porter James Porter (Jacobite) James Porter was a British politician and supporter of James II who followed him into exile. He was the Vice-Chamberlain of the Household and a Member of Parliament for Fethard in the 1689 Patriot Parliament.-References:...	Nicholas Stafford
1692	Sir Richard Bulkeley, 2nd Bt Sir Richard Bulkeley, 2nd Baronet Sir Richard Bulkeley, 2nd Baronet FRS was an Irish politician and baronet.He was the elder son of Sir Richard Bulkeley, 1st Baronet and his first wife Catherine Bysse, daughter of John Bysse, sometime Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer...	Dudley Loftus Dudley Loftus Dudley Loftus was an Irish jurist and noted orientalist.Loftus was born the second son of Sir Adam Loftus, into a family of 17 siblings on his great-grandfather’s estate of Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin when 18, then entered Oxford University in 1639 on the...
1695		Sir Nicholas Loftus
1703		Thomas Palliser
1710	Nicholas Loftus
1713	Hugh Morgan
1715	Henry Ponsonby
1727	James Stopford James Stopford, 1st Earl of Courtown James Stopford, 1st Earl of Courtown was an Irish politician.Courtown was the son of James Stopford, of Courtown, County Wexford, who represented Wexford County in the Irish House of Commons, and his wife Frances...	George Houghton
1733		Philip Doyne Philip Doyne Philip Doyne was a British fencer. He competed at two Olympic Games.-References:...
1755		Charles Tottenham Charles Tottenham (1716–1795) Charles Tottenham was an Irish Member of Parliament.He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Fethard from 1755 to 1760, for New Ross from 1761 to 1768, for Bannow from 1768 to 1776, for Clonmines from 1776 to 1790 and again for Fethard from 1790 to his death.He was son of Charles Tottenham and...
1759	Nicholas Hume-Loftus Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 2nd Earl of Ely Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 2nd Earl of Ely was a British peer and member of the House of Lords, briefly styled Viscount Loftus in October 1766. He represented the constituencies of Fethard, County Wexford and Bannow, Ireland.He became earl of Ely on the death of his father, Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 1st... Styled as The Honourable from 1763 and as Viscount Loftus from 1766
1761		Hon. Nicholas Hume-Loftus Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely Nicholas Hume-Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely PC was a British peer and member of the House of Lords. He represented the constituency of Fethard, County Wexford, Ireland....
1764		William Alcock
1767	John Tottenham	William Alcock
1768	John Tottenham	Arthur Loftus
1776	Charles Tottenham Charles Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely Charles Tottenham Loftus, 1st Marquess of Ely KP, PC was an Irish peer and politician.Born Charles Tottenham, he assumed the surname of Loftus in 1783, after inheriting the estates of his uncle Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely. He represented Fethard in the Irish House of Commons from 1776 to 1783... Also elected for Wexford Borough Wexford Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Wexford Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.-1692–1801:... in 1783, for which he chose to sit	Robert Hellen Robert Hellen Robert Hellen was an Irish politician, Solicitor-General, and judge of the Court of Common Pleas . He became the Member of Parliament for Bannow in 1768 and Fethard in 1776...
1779		Ponsonby Tottenham
1783	Ephraim Carroll	Ponsonby Tottenham
1790	Charles Tottenham Charles Tottenham (1716–1795) Charles Tottenham was an Irish Member of Parliament.He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Fethard from 1755 to 1760, for New Ross from 1761 to 1768, for Bannow from 1768 to 1776, for Clonmines from 1776 to 1790 and again for Fethard from 1790 to his death.He was son of Charles Tottenham and...	Thomas Loftus
January 1793		Henry Hatton
1793		Luke Fox
1796	William Loftus	Luke Fox
1798	Henry Alcock	Charles Eustace
1799	George Harrison Reade	Charles Eustace
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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