Carrick (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Not to be confused with Carrickfergus (Parliament of Ireland constituency).
Carrick | |
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Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1614 |
Abolished | 1800 |
Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Carrick (also known as Carrick Borough) was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1800. It returned two members.
Boundaries and Boundary Changes
This constituency was the borough of Carrick-on-Shannon in County Leitrim.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Carrick was not represented.[1] Under the terms of the Act of Union 1800, the constituency was disenfranchised and abolished.
Members of Parliament, 1614–1801
1689–1801
- 1639: Sir George St George
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 | Carrick was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | |||||
1692 | Roger Smith | Owen Wynne | ||||
August 1695 | Richard St George [note 1] | John French | ||||
1695 | Arthur Cooper | |||||
1703 | Sir George St George | Oliver St George | ||||
1713 | John French | |||||
1714 | Edward Ormsby | |||||
1715 | John Ussher | Richard St George | ||||
1741 | St George St George | |||||
1755 | John Pomeroy | |||||
1761 | Robert French | |||||
1763 | Dudley Alexander Sydney Cosby | |||||
1768 | Henry Sandford | Robert Clements [note 2] | ||||
1776 | Nathaniel Clements | |||||
1777 | Edward Sneyd | |||||
1777 | Robert Tighe | |||||
1781 | Edward King | |||||
October 1783 | Hon. Thomas Pelham | George Sandford [note 3] | ||||
1783 | Edward King | |||||
1790 | Hon. Nathaniel Clements [note 4] [note 5] | |||||
1794 | Nathaniel Sneyd | |||||
1798 | William Gore | |||||
1800 | Robert Tighe | |||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |
Notes
- ↑ Also elected for Galway Borough in 1695, for which he chose to sit
- ↑ Also elected for Donegal County in 1776, for which he chose to sit
- ↑ Also elected for Roscommon Borough in 1783, for which he chose to sit
- ↑ Styled as Viscount Clements from 1795
- ↑ Also elected for Leitrim in 1798, for which he chose to sit
References
- ↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 503
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.
- 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.
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