Monaghan Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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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.
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. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.
1692–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1692 | Charles Dering | Edward Forde | ||||
| 1695 | Robert Echlin | |||||
| 1703 | Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Bt | Sir Richard Vernon, 3rd Bt Sir Richard Vernon, 3rd Baronet Sir Richard Vernon, 3rd Baronet was a British diplomat and politician.He succeeded in the baronetcy in 1683, when aged only five. He became a Member of the Irish Parliament for Monaghan Borough in 1703 and sat for it until 1713.-Envoy to Poland:Vernon was subsequently dispatched as British envoy... |
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| 1710 | Sir Alexander Cairnes, 1st Bt | |||||
| 1713 | Francis Lucas | Richard Pockrich Richard Pockrich (MP) Richard Pockrich was an Irish landowner, military commander and Member of Parliament.-Career:He raised and commanded an independent company during the Williamite wars and was wounded at the siege of Athlone in 1690. He represented Monaghan Borough in the Irish House of Commons from 1713 to 1714.... |
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| 1715 | Hugh Willoughby | |||||
| 1727 | Sir Alexander Cairnes, 1st Bt | |||||
| 1733 | Sir Henry Cairnes, 2nd Bt | |||||
| 1743 | John Dawson | |||||
| 1747 | William Blair | Baptist Johnston | ||||
| 1753 | Oliver Anketell | |||||
| 1761 | 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... |
Richard Dawson | ||||
| 1767 | Richard Power | |||||
| 1768 | Robert Cuninghame Robert Cuninghame, 1st Baron Rossmore General Robert Cuninghame, 1st Baron Rossmore PC was an Irish British Army officer and politician.-Military career:... |
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| 1771 | Henry Westenra Henry Westenra Henry Westenra may refer to*Henry Robert Westenra, 3rd Baron Rossmore , Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament and peer*Henry Cairnes Westenra, 4th Baron Rossmore , Anglo-Irish soldier and peer.... |
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| 1776 | 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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| 1777 | Robert Dobson | |||||
| October 1783 | Thomas James Fortescue | |||||
| 1783 | Theophilus Jones | |||||
| 1791 | Cromwell Price | |||||
| 1796 | Henry Westenra Henry Westenra Henry Westenra may refer to*Henry Robert Westenra, 3rd Baron Rossmore , Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament and peer*Henry Cairnes Westenra, 4th Baron Rossmore , Anglo-Irish soldier and peer.... |
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| January 1798 | William Charles Fortescue | |||||
| 1798 | William Fortescue | |||||
| 1800 | Faithful William Fortescue |