Callan (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Callan was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons
until 1800.
of 1689 summoned by King James II
, Callan was represented with two members.
Irish House of Commons
The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...
until 1800.
History
In the Patriot ParliamentPatriot Parliament
The Patriot Parliament is the name given to the session of the Irish Parliament called by King James II of Ireland during the War of the Two Kings in 1689. The parliament met in one session, from 7 May 1689 to 20 July 1689, and was the only session of the Irish Parliament under King James II.The...
of 1689 summoned by King James II
James II of England
James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...
, Callan was represented with two members.
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1689 Patriot Parliament Patriot Parliament The Patriot Parliament is the name given to the session of the Irish Parliament called by King James II of Ireland during the War of the Two Kings in 1689. The parliament met in one session, from 7 May 1689 to 20 July 1689, and was the only session of the Irish Parliament under King James II.The... |
Walter Butler | Thady Meagher | ||||
| 1692 | Samuel Booth | Sir Henry Wemys | ||||
| 1703 | Francis Flood Expelled in June 1705 | Silvester Crosse | ||||
| 1705 | John Pacey | |||||
| 1713 | Francis Flood | |||||
| 1715 | James Agar | |||||
| 1727 | Warden Flood Warden Flood Warden Flood was an Irish judge. He was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland in 1741, Attorney-General for Ireland in 1751, and in 1760 was appointed chief justice of the King's Bench... |
Henry Wemys | ||||
| 1751 | James Wemys | |||||
| 1761 | James Agar Declared not duly elected in 1761 | Patrick Wemys | ||||
| 1762 | Henry Flood Henry Flood Henry Flood , Irish statesman, son of Warden Flood, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he became proficient in the classics... Declared not duly elected in 1776 |
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| 1762 | James Wemys | |||||
| 1765 | Jocelyn Flood | |||||
| 1767 | John Flood | |||||
| 1776 | Hercules Langrishe Declared not duly elected in 1776 | |||||
| June 1776 | Pierce Butler | George Agar | ||||
| 1783 | John Bourke O'Flaherty | |||||
| 1790 | William Meeke William Meeke William Meeke was a Member of Parliament for Penryn, Cornwall, in the House of Commons of Great Britain and then of the United Kingdom from 1796 to 1802.-References:... |
Nathaniel Warren | ||||
| March 1796 | Hon. Francis James Mathew Francis Mathew, 2nd Earl Landaff Francis James Mathew, 2nd Earl Landaff KP , styled The Honourable Francis Mathew from 1783 to 1797 and Viscount Mathew from 1797 to 1806, was an Irish peer and politician.... |
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| November 1796 | Charles Kendal Bushe Charles Kendal Bushe Charles Kendal Bushe , was an Irish lawyer and judge. Known as "silver-tongued Bushe", he was Solicitor-General for Ireland from 1805 to 1822 and Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland from 1822 to 1841.... |
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| 1798 | Patrick Welch | |||||
| 1799 | James Savage | |||||
| 1801 United Kingdom general election, 1801 The United Kingdom general election, 1801 was not an election as such, but the co-option of members to serve in the first Parliament to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801... |
Disenfranchised | |||||