Harristown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Harristown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons
until 1800.
of 1689 summoned by King James II
, Harristown 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...
until 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...
, Harristown 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... |
James Nihell | Edmund FitzGerald Edmund Fitzgerald Edmund Fitzgerald may refer to:*SS Edmund Fitzgerald, a freighter that sank on Lake Superior in 1975 with all hands aboard**"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", a song about the shipwreck by Gordon Lightfoot... |
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| 1692 | Sir Maurice Eustace Expelled in 1695 | Robert Graydon | ||||
| 1695 | Francis Wemys | |||||
| 1703 | Richard FitzPatrick Richard FitzPatrick, 1st Baron Gowran Richard FitzPatrick, 1st Baron Gowran was a British naval captain. -Life:He was the second son of John Fitzpatrick of Castletown, Queen's County, by Elizabeth, fourth daughter of Thomas, viscount Thurles, and relict of James Purcell of Loughmoe.... |
Robert Dixon | ||||
| 1713 | Benjamin Chetwood | Alexander Graydon | ||||
| 1715 | Robert Johnson | |||||
| 1721 | Sir Walter Borrowes, 4th Bt | |||||
| 1727 | Edward Stratford | John Graydon John Graydon John Graydon was an English vice-admiral.-Life:In June 1686 Graydon was appointed lieutenant of the Charles galley; in May 1688 first lieutenant of the Mary, and in October was advanced to the command of the Soldado... |
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| 1740 | Agmondisham Vesey | |||||
| 1761 | Murrough O'Brien Murrough O'Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond Murrough O'Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond KP, PC , known from 1777 to 1800 as the 5th Earl of Inchiquin, was an Irish peer, soldier and politician.-Life:Murrough O'Brien was born in 1726 to Hon... |
Edward Sandford | ||||
| 1768 | Garret FitzGerald | Robert Graydon | ||||
| 1775 | Thomas Burgh | |||||
| 1776 | Richard Allen | Maurice Keating | ||||
| 1777 | Michael Keating | |||||
| 1781 | Charles John Crowle | |||||
| 1783 | Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th 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... |
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| 1790 | Arthur Burdett | |||||
| 1794 | Robert La Touche | |||||
| February 1797 | John La Touche Also elected for Kildare County Kildare County (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Kildare County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.-History:In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Kildare County was represented with two members.-1689–1801:... in 1797, for which he chose to sit |
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| 1797 | John La Touche John La Touche (politician) John La Touche was an Irish Whig politician.La Touche represented Newtownards in the Irish House of Commons from 1796 to 1798, Newcastle in 1798, and Harristown from 1797 until the Act of Union in 1801. Subsequently La Touche became a Member of Parliament in the new Parliament of the United... |
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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... |
Disenfranchised | |||||