Donegal (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Donegal County 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...

to 1800. The county received two seats at Westminster

Westminster

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thereafter.

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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, Donegal County was not represented. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1689	Donegal County 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	Charles Hamilton	Gustavus Hamilton Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne PC was an Irish peer, soldier and politician.-Background:He was the third son of Hon. Frederick Hamilton, fifth and youngest son of the 1st Lord Paisley, and his wife Sidney Vaughan, daughter of Sir John Vaughan...
1695	Henry Conyngham
1707	Frederick Hamilton Frederick Hamilton (Donegal politician) The Honourable Frederick Hamilton , was an Irish politician.He was the oldest son of Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne and his wife Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of Sir Henry Brooke. His younger brothers were Gustavus Hamilton and Henry Hamilton... Styled as The Honourable from 1715
1713		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...
1716	Hon. Gustavus Hamilton Gustavus Hamilton (politician) Gustavus Hamilton , styled The Honourable from 1715, was an Irish politician.He was the second son of Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne and his wife Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of Sir Henry Brooke. His younger brother was Henry Hamilton...
1727		Alexander Montgomery Alexander Montgomery (1686–1729) Colonel Alexander Montgomery was an Irish soldier and politician.Montgomery of the Scots Greys cavalry, lived in Convoy House, Convoy, County Donegal, Ireland. He was born in 1686, the second son of Major John Montgomery and his first wife Catherine, the daughter of the Reverend James Auchinleck...
1730		Hon. Henry Hamilton Henry Hamilton (politician) Henry Hamilton , styled The Honourable from 1715, was an Irish politician.He was the youngest son of Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne and his wife Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of Sir Henry Brooke. In 1725, he entered the Irish House of Commons for St Johnstown , a seat he held until 1727...
1735	George Knox
1741	Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Bt Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Baronet Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Baronet was an Irish politician and baronet.Born St George Gore, he was oldest son of Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Ashe, daughter of St George Ashe, Bishop of Clogher. In 1733, he succeeded his father as baronet...
1743		Andrew Knox
1747	Sir Ralph Gore, 6th Bt Ralph Gore, 1st Earl of Ross General Ralph Gore, 1st Earl of Ross , known as Sir Ralph Gore, 6th Baronet from 1746 until 1764, subsequently as The Lord Gore until 1768 and then as The Viscount Belleisle until 1772, was an Irish soldier, politician and peer.-Background:Born at Belle Isle Castle, he was the second son of Sir...
1765	Robert Clements Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim was an Irish nobleman and politician.Son of Cavan Borough MP Nathaniel Clements, Deputy Vice Treasurer and Teller of the Irish Exchequer, Clements served as High Sheriff of Leitrim in 1759, having been the previous year appointed as Controller of the Great and...
1768	John McCausland John McCausland (politician) John McCausland was a member of the Irish parliament representing Donegal County. He was born in Strabane on 14 May 1735. His parents were Oliver McCausland and Anne Jane Hamilton of Strabane. He died in November 1804, aged 69. He married Elizabet Span, daughter of William Span in Ballmacove on 29...	Alexander Montgomery Alexander Montgomery (1720–1800) Colonel Alexander John Montgomery was an Irish politician.He was born in 1720, the eldest son of Thomas Montgomery, M.P. for Lifford, and his wife Mary Franklin...
1776	Robert Clements Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim was an Irish nobleman and politician.Son of Cavan Borough MP Nathaniel Clements, Deputy Vice Treasurer and Teller of the Irish Exchequer, Clements served as High Sheriff of Leitrim in 1759, having been the previous year appointed as Controller of the Great and...
1783	Henry Vaughan Brooke Henry Vaughan Brooke -Background:Brooke originated from a family with roots in the counties Fermanagh as well as Donegal and was the son of Basil Brooke. His mother was Jane, daughter of Henry Wrey. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin until 1761 and when his father died seven years later, he interited the...
1800		Viscount Sudley Arthur Gore, 3rd Earl of Arran Arthur Saunders Gore, 3rd Earl of Arran , known as Viscount Sudley from 1773 to 1809, was an Irish peer and Tory Member of Parliament....
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 Donegal Donegal (UK Parliament constituency) Donegal was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament .-Boundaries:This constituency comprised the whole of County Donegal...

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