Dunleer (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Dunleer was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons
to 1801.
of 1689 summoned by King James II
, Dunleer was not represented.
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 1801.
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...
, Dunleer was not represented.
1692–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1689 | Dunleer 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... |
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| 1692 | Robert Aylway | Blayney Townley | ||||
| 1703 | Stephen Ludlow | |||||
| 1713 | Peter Ludlow | |||||
| 1715 | Stephen Ludlow | Richard Tenison | ||||
| 1721 | William Aston | |||||
| 1725 | Edward Moore | |||||
| 1727 | Francis North | William Tenison | ||||
| 1728 | Thomas Tenison | |||||
| 1738 | Anthony Foster Anthony Foster Anthony Foster , of Collon, Co Louth, was an Irish politician.He was the son of John Foster of Dunleer and Elizabeth Fortesque. He was Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer of Ireland and represented Dunleer in the Irish House of Commons from 1738 to 1761 and subsequently Louth from 1761 to 1767.He... |
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| 1761 | John Foster John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel was an Irish peer and politician.He was the son of Anthony Foster of Louth, an Irish judge . He was elected Member of Parliament to the Irish House of Commons for Dunleer in 1761, a seat he held until 1769... Also elected for Louth Louth (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Louth was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.-1692–1801:-References:... in 1768, for which he chose to sit |
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| 1762 | Dixie Coddington | |||||
| 1769 | Robert Sibthorpe Robert Sibthorpe Robert Sibthorpe or Sibthorp was an English clergyman who gained notoriety during the reign of King Charles I of England for his outspoken defense of the divine right of kings.-Biography:... |
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| 1776 | John Thomas Foster John Thomas Foster John Thomas Foster , of Dunleer, was an Irish politician.He was the son of Rev Thomas Foster, Rector of Dunleer and Dorothy née Burgh. Foster was elected member to the Irish House of Commons for Dunleer in 1776 and held this seat until 1783... |
William Thomas Monsell | ||||
| 1783 | John William Foster John William Foster John William Foster , of Rosy Park, was an Irish volunteer and politician.He was the son of John Foster of Dunleer, MP for Dunleer and Elizabeth, née Fortescue. Foster was appointed High Sheriff of Louth for 1776 and then elected member to the Irish House of Commons for Dunleer in 1783 and held... |
Henry Coddington | ||||
| 1790 | Nicholas Coddington | Hon. John Foster | ||||
| 1793 | Hon. Thomas Henry Foster Thomas Skeffington, 2nd Viscount Ferrard Thomas Henry Skeffington, 2nd Viscount Ferrard , styled The Honourable from 1790 until 1821, was an Irish peer and politician-Background:... |
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| 1798 | Henry Coddington | |||||
| 1800 | Quintin Dick | |||||
| 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 | |||||