County Louth (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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For other parliamentary constituencies called Louth, see Louth (disambiguation).

County Louth
Former county constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Louth
 () ( ())–1801; 223 years ago (1801) (1801; 223 years ago (1801))
Seats2
Replaced byCounty Louth

County Louth was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.

Members of Parliament

  • 1370:[1] Roger Gernon, Richard Vernon
  • 1420:[1] Bartholomew Vernon, Richard Bagot
  • 1560:[2] Nicholas Taaffe of Ballebragane and Edward Dowdall of Glaspistal
  • 1585:[2] Roger Gerlone (Garland) and William Moore of Barmeath
  • 1613–1315:[2] Christopher Verdon de Clonmore and Richard Gernon de Stabanan
  • 1634–1635:[3] Sir Christopher Bellew and Christopher Dowdall
  • 1639–1642:[2] Christopher Bellew and John Bellew (both expelled)
  • 1642–1644:[4] Philip, Lord Lisle and Col. Lawrence Crawford (both absent in England without leave)
  • 1644–1649:[4] Hon Francis Moore and Gerrard Moore
  • 1659: John Ruxton
  • 1661–1666:[4] Henry Bellingham and Sir Thomas Stanley

1689–1801

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament Thomas Bellew William Talbot
1692 Thomas Bellingham Sir William Tichborne
1695 Sir Henry Tichborne [5]
1703 Henry Tenison
1710 Sir Henry Tichborne, 1st Bt
1713 Richard Tisdall Stephen Ludlow
1715 Robert Moore
1727 Faithful Fortescue William Aston
1741 Henry Bellingham
1745 William Henry Fortescue[6]
1755 Thomas Tipping
1761 Anthony Foster James Fortescue
1767 Stephen Sibthorpe
1768 John Foster
1782 Thomas James Fortescue
1796 William Fortescue
1801 Replaced by Westminster constituency of County Louth

Notes

  1. ^ a b Smith, Brendan (20 June 2013). Crisis and Survival in Late Medieval Ireland: The English of Louth and Their Neighbours, 1330–1450. Oxford University Press. p. 14. ISBN 9780199594757. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d 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.
  3. ^ Kearney, Hugh. Strafford in Ireland 1633–1641: A Study in Absolutism. p. 225.
  4. ^ a b c Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 626.
  5. ^ from 1697 Sir Henry Tichborne, 1st Bt
  6. ^ At the General Election in 1760, he was also returned for Monaghan, for which he chose to sit

References

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