Clogher was a borough constituency 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...

 until 1800. It represented the "city" of Clogher

Clogher

Clogher is a village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Blackwater, south of Omagh. The United Kingdom Census of 2001 recorded a population of 309.-History:...

 in County Tyrone

County Tyrone

Historically Tyrone stretched as far north as Lough Foyle, and comprised part of modern day County Londonderry east of the River Foyle. The majority of County Londonderry was carved out of Tyrone between 1610-1620 when that land went to the Guilds of London to set up profit making schemes based on...

. The city, actually no more than a village, gained its importance as the site of the cathedral

Cathedral

A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop...

 of the Church of Ireland diocese of Clogher

Diocese of Clogher (Church of Ireland)

The Diocese of Clogher is a diocese of the Church of Ireland in the north of Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh. It covers a rural area on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland including much of south west Ulster, taking in most of counties Fermanagh...

. The constituency was a rotten borough

Rotten borough

A "rotten", "decayed" or pocket borough was a parliamentary borough or constituency in the United Kingdom that had a very small electorate and could be used by a patron to gain undue and unrepresentative influence within Parliament....

 in the gift of the bishop

Bishop of Clogher

The Bishop of Clogher is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Clogher in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Following the Reformation, there are now parallel apostolic successions: one of the Church of Ireland and the other of the Roman Catholic Church.-History:Clogher is one...

. When the constituency was disestablished, bishop John Porter's claim for £15,000 compensation was disallowed.

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

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...

, Clogher was not represented.

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689		Clogher was not represented 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...
1692		Edward Davis			John Rogerson Sir John Rogerson Sir John Rogerson was an Irish politician, wealthy merchant and property developerHe was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1693–94 and represented Clogher in the Parliament of Ireland from 1692 to 1693, then Dublin City from 1695 to 1703. He built his country residence, "The Glen" or "Glasnevin...   Knighted in 1693
August 1695		William Wolseley  Also elected for Longford Borough Longford Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Longford Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-1692–1801:-References:...  in 1695, for which he chose to sit			Richard Johnson
1695		Henry Tenison  Also elected for Monaghan in 1695, for which he chose to sit
1696		Sir Robert Staples, 4th Bt
1703		Richard St George			Henry St George Henry St George - Life :He was born in 1581 at Hatley St George, Cambridgeshire. He entered the College of Arms as Rouge Rose pursuivant-extraordinary in 1610 and was promoted to Bluemantle pursuivant the following year, in which capacity accompanied his father in his visitations of Derbyshire and Cheshire...
1713					Thomas Ashe
1723					James Coghill
1727		Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet was a Speaker of the Irish House of Commons.The Gore Baronetcy, of Magherabegg in the County of Donegal, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 2 February 1622 for Paul Gore .The fourth Baronet served as Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer and as Speaker...			Silvester Crosse
1731					Walter Carey
1733		Richard Vincent
1757					Nehemiah Nixon Donnellan
1761		Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Bt Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Baronet Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Baronet PC was an Irish politician.Capel was the son of Sir Thomas Molyneux, 1st Baronet and Catherine Howard...			Samuel Lowe
1765					William Moore
1768		John Staples John Staples John Staples was an Irish Member of Parliament.He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Newtown Limavady from 1765 to 1768, for Clogher from 1768 to 1776, for Ballyshannon from 1776 to 1783, for Newtown Limavady again from 1783 to 1795 and for County Antrim from 1796 to 1800, and then for Antrim...
1776		Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Bt Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Baronet Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Baronet PC was an Irish politician.Capel was the son of Sir Thomas Molyneux, 1st Baronet and Catherine Howard...			Thomas St George Thomas St George - Life :He was the eldest child of the herald Henry St George and lived at Woodford in Essex. Around 1646 he married Clara Pymlowe , whose father was a Northamptonshire rector. They had six children. At the Restoration he was appointed Somerset herald...
1783		Sackville Hamilton Sackville Hamilton Sackville Hamilton PC was an Irish politician.He was the third son of Hon. Henry Hamilton and his wife Mary Dawson, daughter of Joshua Dawson. His uncles were Frederick Hamilton and Gustavus Hamilton...
1785					John Francis Cradock
1790					Richard Townsend Herbert
1795		Hon. Thomas Pelham Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester PC, PC , FRS , styled The Honourable Thomas Pelham from 1768 until 1783, The Right Honourable Thomas Pelham from 1783 to 1801, and then known as Lord Pelham until 1805, was a British Whig politician...
January 1798		Sir John Tydd, 1st Bt			Thomas Burgh Thomas Burgh Thomas Burgh may refer to:*Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough , English peer, High Sheriff of Lincs, 1460*Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh , English peer, 5th Baron Strabolgi...
1798		Jonah Barrington Jonah Barrington (judge) Sir Jonah Barrington , was one of no less than sixteen children, six at least, and probably seven were sons of John Barrington, a landowner in County Laois...
January 1800		William Gardiner  Declared not duly elected in 1800			Hon. Richard Annesley Richard Annesley, 2nd Earl Annesley Richard Annesley, 2nd Earl Annesley PC , styled The Honourable from 1758 to 1802, was an Irish politician and noble.Lord Annesley was the second son of William Annesley, 1st Viscount Glerawly and Lady Anne Beresford...   Declared not duly elected in 1800
March 1800		John King			Charles Ball
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