Strabane (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Strabane was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons
until 1800.
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.
1692–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1692 | Sir Matthew Bridges | Oliver McCausland | ||||
| 1695 | Audley Mervyn Audley Mervyn Sir Audley Mervyn of Trillick was a lawyer and politician in Ireland. M.P. for County Tyrone and Speaker of the Irish House of Commons 1661-1666.... |
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| 1703 | James Topham | |||||
| 1713 | Gustavus Hamilton Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne PC was an Irish peer, soldier and politician.-Background:He was the third son of Hon. Frederick Hamilton, fifth and youngest son of the 1st Lord Paisley, and his wife Sidney Vaughan, daughter of Sir John Vaughan... |
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| 1715 | Richard Stewart | |||||
| 1723 | Henry Colley | |||||
| 1725 | John McCausland John McCausland (politician) John McCausland was a member of the Irish parliament representing Donegal County. He was born in Strabane on 14 May 1735. His parents were Oliver McCausland and Anne Jane Hamilton of Strabane. He died in November 1804, aged 69. He married Elizabet Span, daughter of William Span in Ballmacove on 29... |
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| 1727 | Hon. Charles Hamilton Charles Hamilton (MP) Charles Hamilton , styled The Honourable from birth, was a British politician.He was a younger son of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn.... |
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| 1729 | Oliver McCausland | |||||
| 1733 | William Hamilton | |||||
| 1763 | John Stuart Hamilton | |||||
| 1765 | George Montgomery George Montgomery (MP) George Leslie Montgomery was an Irish politician.Montgomery sat as Member of Parliament for Strabane from 1765 to 1768. He purchased the seat from John McCausland of Strabane for £2,000 after the death of the incumbent Robert Lowry when a new writ was issued for the borough on 22 October 1765... |
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| 1768 | William Brownlow | |||||
| 1769 | Claude Hamilton | |||||
| 1776 | Henry Pomeroy Henry Pomeroy, 2nd Viscount Harberton Henry Pomeroy, 2nd Viscount Harberton was an Irish politician.He served in the Irish House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Strabane from 1776 until 1798, then in the Irish House of Lords after succeeding as second Viscount Harberton, in the Peerage of Ireland, on 9 April 1798.-References:*... |
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| January 1798 | Nathaniel Montgomery-Moore | John Stewart Sir John Stewart, 1st Baronet, of Athenree Sir John Stewart, 1st Baronet was an Irish lawyer and politician.In 1794, he was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Augher. At the 1797 elections, he was elected for four constituencies: Askeaton, Bangor, Portarlington and Strabane... |
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| 1798 | Andrew Knox |