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

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...

.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was the borough

Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...

 of Carlow

Carlow

Carlow is the county town of County Carlow in Ireland. It is situated in the south-east of Ireland, 84 km from Dublin. County Carlow is the second smallest county in Ireland by area, however Carlow Town is the 14th largest urban area in Ireland by population according to the 2006 census. The...

 in County Carlow

County Carlow

County Carlow is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Carlow, which lies on the River Barrow. Carlow County Council is the local authority for the county...

. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland

Parliament of Ireland

The Parliament of Ireland was a legislature that existed in Dublin from 1297 until 1800. In its early mediaeval period during the Lordship of Ireland it consisted of either two or three chambers: the House of Commons, elected by a very restricted suffrage, the House of Lords in which the lords...

 from 1613 to 1800.

History

In the 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...

 of 1689 summoned by King James II

James II of England

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, Boyle was represented with two members. Following the Act of Union 1800

Act of Union 1800

The Acts of Union 1800 describe two complementary Acts, namely:* the Union with Ireland Act 1800 , an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, and...

 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, Sergeant-at-Law,
  • Sir Robert Jacobe
    Robert Jacobe
    Sir Robert Jacob or Jacobe was Solicitor General for Ireland between 1606 and 1618. He was a friend and close associate of Sir John Davies, the Attorney General who was the key figure in the Irish administration.- Family :...
    
    , 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
    County Laois
    County Laois is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It was formerly known as Queen's County until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. The county's name was formerly spelt as Laoighis and Leix. Laois County Council...
    
     (disqualified for Rebellion in June 1642)
  • Thomas Harman
    Thomas Harman
    A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursitors, vulgarly called vagabonds was first published in 1566 by Thomas Harman, and although no copies of that edition survive, it must have been popular, because two printers were punished by the Stationers' Company in 1567 for pirated editions. Two editions...
    
    , Athy
    Athy
    The town developed from a 12th century Anglo-Norman settlement to an important British military outpost on the border of the Pale.The first town charter dates from the 16th century and the town hall was constructed in the early 18th century...
    
    , Co. Kildare.
• 1661–1666
  • John Temple (Kt.), Palmerstown
    Palmerstown
    Palmerstown , occasionally referred to as Palmerston, is a suburb of Dublin,Ireland. It is located about 8km west of the city centre, in the administrative county of South Dublin. The area is bordered to the north by the River Liffey, to the west by Lucan, to the south by Ballyfermot and to theeast...
    
    , Co. Dublin
  • Thomas Burdett,Garryhill, Co. Carlow.

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
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...		Mark Baggot			John Warren
1692		Sir William Russell, 4th Bt			Walter Weldon
1695		Edmond Jones			Robert Curtis
September 1703		Richard Wolseley			Hon. Charles Howard Charles Howard, 9th Earl of Suffolk Charles Howard, 9th Earl of Suffolk was an English nobleman and politician, styled Hon. Charles Howard from 1691 to 1731....   Declared not duly elected in 1703
1703					Walter Weldon
1713		Thomas Burdett Sir Thomas Burdett, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Burdett, 1st Baronet was an Irish politician and baronet.Born at Garrahill in County Carlow, he was the son of Thomas Burdett and his wife Catherine Kennedy, daughter of Sir Robert Kennedy, 1st Baronet...
1715		Richard Wolseley
1725		John Hamilton
1727		James Hamilton			Richard Wolseley  Created a baronet in 1745
1761		Robert Burton
1765		Robert Doyne
1768		Edward Hoare			John Hyde  Also elected for Cork County Cork County (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Cork County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.-Boundaries and Boundary Changes:This constituency was the borough in County Cork. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.-History:...  in 1768, for which he chose to sit
1769					James Somerville
June 1776		John Prendergast John Prendergast Smyth, 1st Viscount Gort John Prendergast-Smyth, 1st Viscount Gort was an Irish politician.Born John Smyth, Gort was the son of Charles Smyth, Member of the Irish Parliament for Limerick City, and Elizabeth Prendergast. His paternal grandparents were the Rt. Rev. Thomas Smyth, Bishop of Limerick, and Dorothea Burgh,...			Hon. John Ponsonby  Also elected for Kilkenny County Kilkenny County (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Kilkenny County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-History:In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Kilkenny County was represented with two members.-1689–1801:...  in 1776, for which he chose to sit
1776					Arthur Dawson
1783		Sir John Browne, 7th Bt John Browne, 1st Baron Kilmaine John Browne, 1st Baron Kilmaine , known as Sir John Browne, 7th Baronet, from 1765 to 1789, was an Irish politician....			Charles des Voeux  Created a baronet in 1787
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 Henry Prittie, 2nd Baron Dunalley Henry Prittie, 2nd Baron Dunalley was an Anglo-Irish politician.Dunalley was the son of Henry Prittie, 1st Baron Dunalley. He was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Carlow Borough in 1798, a seat he held until the Irish Parliament was abolished in 1801...			William Elliot William Elliot (MP) William Elliot was an Irish politician who sat in the Irish House of Commons before its abolition. After the Act of Union he sat as a Whig in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....   Also elected for St Canice St Canice (Parliament of Ireland constituency) St Canice, also called Irishtown, was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-1692–1801:...  in 1798, for which he chose to sit
1798					John Wolfe
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...		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Carlow Borough Carlow Borough (UK Parliament constituency) Carlow Borough was a Parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...