Galway Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Galway Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons
to 1800.
of 1689 summoned by King James II
, Galway Borough 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...
to 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...
, Galway Borough 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... |
Oliver Martin Oliver Martin Oliver Óge Martyn, Irish Jacobite and landowner, fl. ca. 1630-ca. 1709.The eldest son of Richard Martyn of Dunguaire Castle, he represented Galway Borough in the Patriot Parliament of 1689. He fought in the Williamite war in Ireland, been listed as a Major in Bourke's Musketeers, which last fought... |
John Kirwan | ||||
| 1692 | Sir Henry Bellasis | Nehemiah Donnellan | ||||
| 1695 | Richard St George | Robert Ormsby | ||||
| 1703 | Edward Eyre | John Staunton Declared not duly elected in 1715 | ||||
| 1713 | Samuel Eyre Samuel Eyre Sir Samuel Eyre , was an English judge.Eyre came of a legal family, his grandfather, Robert, having been a bencher and reader of Lincoln's Inn, and his father being a barrister, Robert Eyre of Salisbury and Chilhampton, who married Anne, daughter of Samuel Aldersey of Aldersey in Cheshire... |
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| 1715 | Robert Shaw | |||||
| 1716 | Edward Eyre | |||||
| 1727 | John Staunton | Thomas Staunton | ||||
| 1732 | Thomas Staunton | |||||
| 1735 | Dominick Bourke | |||||
| 1748 | Hon. Richard FitzPatrick Richard FitzPatrick General Richard FitzPatrick , styled The Honourable from birth, was an Anglo-Irish soldier, wit, poet, Whig politician and ‘sworn brother’ of the illustrious statesman of Charles James Fox... Declared not duly elected in 1748 |
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| 1748 | John Eyre | |||||
| 1761 | Hon. Richard FitzPatrick Richard FitzPatrick General Richard FitzPatrick , styled The Honourable from birth, was an Anglo-Irish soldier, wit, poet, Whig politician and ‘sworn brother’ of the illustrious statesman of Charles James Fox... |
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| 1767 | Denis Daly | |||||
| 1768 | James Daly | Robert French Robert French (politician) Robert French was a County Galway landlord and Member of Parliament, .French's family were one of The Tribes of Galway. His ancestor, Patrick Béag French was one of the two Galwaymen who successfully petitioned James II for a town charter, awarded in 1610... |
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| 1771 | Anthony Daly | |||||
| 1776 | Denis Bowes Daly Denis Bowes Daly Denis Bowes Daly PC , was an Irish politician.Daly was the eldest son of Hyacynth Daly of Dalystown, and his cousion Rose Daly of Raford, both of County Galway. He was brought into the Irish parliament by his cousion, Denis Daly of Dunsandle, where he served from 1776 to 1801... |
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| 1783 | Denis Daly Also elected for Galway County Galway County (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Galway 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, Galway County was represented with two members. Following the Act of Union 1800 the constituency became Galway County .-Members of... in 1783, for which he chose to sit |
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| 1783 | Anthony Daly | |||||
| 1790 | Denis Daly | Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Bt | ||||
| 1792 | Peter Daly | |||||
| 1798 | St George Daly St George Daly St George Daly was an Irish lawyer.He was a son of James Daly MP, of Carrownakelly and Dunsandle, by his second wife Catherine, daughter of Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet... |
George Ponsonby George Ponsonby George Ponsonby PC , was a British lawyer and Whig politician. He served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents.-Background and education:... |
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| 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 Galway Borough Galway Borough (UK Parliament constituency) Galway Borough was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland. It returned one MP 1801–1832, two MPs 1832–1885 and one thereafter. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.-Boundaries:This... |
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