Carlow Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Carlow Borough
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1613
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Carlow Borough

Carlow Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons.

Boundaries and boundary changes

This constituency was the borough of Carlow in County Carlow. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1613 to 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Boyle was represented with two members.^[1] Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough retained one parliamentary seat in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

• 1613–1615
  • Sir John Bere, Kt., Dublin, Serjeant-at-law,
  • Sir Robert Jacobe, Kt., Dublin, Solicitor General for Ireland
• 1634–1635
  • Barnaby O'Brien ("absent in England", replaced in January 1634, Edward Harman)
  • James Rawson, Dublin
• 1639–1649
  • Robert Hartpole of Shrule Castle, Queen's County (disqualified for Rebellion in June 1642)
  • Thomas Harman, Athy, Co. Kildare.
• 1661–1666
  • John Temple (Kt.), Palmerstown, Co. Dublin
  • Thomas Burdett,Garryhill, Co. Carlow.

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Mark Baggot			John Warren
1692		Sir William Russell, 4th Bt			Walter Weldon
1695		Edmond Jones			Robert Curtis
September 1703		Richard Wolseley			Hon. Charles Howard [note 1]
1703					Walter Weldon
1713		Sir Thomas Burdett, 1st Baronet
1715		Richard Wolseley
1725		John Hamilton
1727		James Hamilton			Richard Wolseley [note 2]
1761		Robert Burton
1765		Robert Doyne
1768		Edward Hoare			John Hyde [note 3]
1769					James Somerville
June 1776		John Prendergast			Hon. John Ponsonby [note 4]
1776					Arthur Dawson
1783		Sir John Browne, 7th Bt			Charles des Voeux [note 5]
January 1790		Hon. James Caulfield Browne
May 1790		Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw			John Ormsby Vandeleur
1796		Sir Frederick Flood, 1st Bt
January 1798		Henry Sadlier Prittie			William Elliot [note 6]
1798					John Wolfe
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Carlow Borough

Notes

1. Declared not duly elected in 1703
2. Created a baronet in 1745
3. Also elected for Cork County in 1768, for which he chose to sit
4. Also elected for Kilkenny County in 1776, for which he chose to sit
5. Created a baronet in 1787
6. Also elected for St Canice in 1798, for which he chose to sit

References

1. O'Hart (2007), p. 500

Bibliography

• O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
• Lord Walter FitzGerald, "The Castle and Manor of Carlow, Part II", in Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society And Surrounding Districts 6:5 (January 1911), 364–397 (396)
• Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.