Donegal County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Donegal | |
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Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | |
Abolished | 1800 |
Replaced by | Donegal |
Donegal County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. The county received two seats at Westminster thereafter.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Donegal County was not represented.[1] Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.
Members of Parliament
- 1639–1648 Sir Ralph Gore
1689–1801
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 | Donegal County was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | |||||
1692 | Charles Hamilton | Gustavus Hamilton | ||||
1695 | Henry Conyngham | |||||
1707 | Frederick Hamilton [note 1] | Whig | ||||
1713 | Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt | Whig | ||||
1716 | Hon. Gustavus Hamilton | |||||
1727 | Alexander Montgomery | |||||
1730 | Hon. Henry Hamilton | |||||
1735 | George Knox | |||||
1741 | Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Bt | |||||
1743 | Andrew Knox | |||||
1747 | Sir Ralph Gore, 6th Bt | |||||
1765 | Robert Clements | |||||
1768 | John McCausland | Alexander Montgomery | ||||
1776 | Robert Clements | |||||
1783 | Henry Vaughan Brooke | |||||
1800 | Viscount Sudley | |||||
1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Donegal |
Notes
- ↑ Styled as The Honourable from 1715
References
- ↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 501
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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