Fore (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Fore was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons
from 1612 to 1800.
of 1689 summoned by King James II
, Fore 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...
from 1612 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...
, Fore 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... |
John Nugent | Christopher Nugent | ||||
| 1692 | John Adams | James Nugent | ||||
| 1695 | Walter Pollard | Thomas Smith | ||||
| 1713 | Viscount Tamworth | Denis Kelly | ||||
| 1715 | William Smyth | Patrick Fox | ||||
| November 1727 | Robert Perceval | Walter Nugent | ||||
| December 1727 | William Handcock William Handcock (1704–1741) William Handcock was an Irish politician.He was the oldest son of William Handcock and his wife Susan Warburton, daughter of Richard Warburton. His younger brother was John Gustavus Handcock and his cousins were William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine and Richard Handcock, 2nd Baron Castlemaine... |
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| 1741 | Richard Malone | |||||
| 1759 | Lord Delvin Richard Nugent, Lord Delvin Richard Nugent, Lord Delvin was an Irish duellist and Member of Parliament.Nugent was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Nugent, 6th Earl of Westmeath and adopted the courtesy title of Lord Delvin in 1754 when his father acceded to the earldom.In 1759, he was elected Member of Parliament for Fore,... |
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| 1761 | Godfrey Lill Godfrey Lill Godfrey Lill was an Irish politician, Solicitor-General for Ireland, and judge of the Court of Common Pleas . He became the Member of Parliament for Fore in 1761 and Baltinglass in 1768... |
John Newenham | ||||
| 1768 | Thomas Eyre | John Armstrong | ||||
| 1772 | Benjamin Chapman | |||||
| 1776 | James FitzGerald James Fitzgerald (politician) James Fitzgerald , was an Irish politician.Fitzgerald, descended from the family of the White Knight [see Fitzgibbon, Edmund Fitzjohn], was younger son of William Fitz- gerald, an attorney of Ennis, and younger brother of Maurice Fitzgerald, clerk of the crown for Connaught. He was born in 1742,... |
Cornelius O'Keefe | ||||
| 1780 | Lord Delvin | |||||
| 1783 | Gervais Parker Bushe | |||||
| 1790 | Stephen Francis William Fremantle | |||||
| 1792 | John Macartney | |||||
| 1794 | Richard Magenis | |||||
| January 1798 | Robert Ross Also elected for Old Newry Newry (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Newry was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-1692–1801:... in 1798, for which he chose to sit |
Hon. Richard Annesley Richard Annesley, 2nd Earl Annesley Richard Annesley, 2nd Earl Annesley PC , styled The Honourable from 1758 to 1802, was an Irish politician and noble.Lord Annesley was the second son of William Annesley, 1st Viscount Glerawly and Lady Anne Beresford... Also elected for Blessington Blessington (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Blessington in County Wicklow was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1670 until 1800.-History:In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Blessington was represented with two members.-1689–1801:... in 1798, for which he chose to sit |
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| March 1798 | Cromwell Price | Sir John Tydd, 1st Bt | ||||
| 1798 | John Staunton Rochfort | |||||
| 1800 | Thomas Burgh Thomas Burgh Thomas Burgh may refer to:*Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough , English peer, High Sheriff of Lincs, 1460*Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh , English peer, 5th Baron Strabolgi... |
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| 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 | |||||