County Leitrim was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801
| County Leitrim | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Leitrim |
| –1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Leitrim (UKHC) |
County constituency
editCounty Leitrim was represented by two MPs in the Irish House of Commons. It continued to be represented by two MPs in the United Kingdom House of Commons after 1801.
Members of Parliament
edit- 1613–1615 William Reynolds and Gerald Nugent[1]
- 1634–1635 Charles Reynolds and __ Crofton[1]
- 1639–1649 Humphrey Reynolds and Sir Charles Coote[1]
- 1661–1666 Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet (sat for Galway and replaced by Sir George St George) and Robert Parke[2]
1689–1801
edit| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Edmond Reynolds | Iriel Farrell | ||||
| 1692 | John Reynolds | James Wynne | ||||
| 1695 | Theophilus Jones I | |||||
| 1703 | William Gore I | |||||
| 1730 | William Gore II | |||||
| 1743 | Hugh Crofton | |||||
| 1761 | Theophilus Jones II | John Wynne | ||||
| 1768 | Nathaniel Clements | William Gore II | ||||
| 1769 | William Gore III | |||||
| 1776 | Henry Theophilus Clements[3] | Theophilus Jones II | ||||
| 1783 | Peter La Touche | |||||
| 1784 | John Gore | |||||
| 1790 | Henry Theophilus Clements | Theophilus Jones II | ||||
| 1796 | Peter La Touche | |||||
| 1798 | Nathaniel Clements, Viscount Clements | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by Westminster constituency of Leitrim | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641". hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 622.
- ^ At the General Election in 1783, declared not duly elected
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.