Old Leighlin (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Old Leighlin was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons
to 1800.
Following the Act of Union 1800
the borough was disfranchised.
, near the town of Leighlinbridge
in County Carlow
.
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.
Following the Act of Union 1800
Act of Union 1800
The Acts of Union 1800 describe two complementary Acts, namely:* the Union with Ireland Act 1800 , an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, and...
the borough was disfranchised.
Boundaries and Boundary Changes
This constituency was based in Old LeighlinOld Leighlin
Old Leighlin is a small town in County Carlow, Ireland, 3.5 km west of Leighlinbridge. The site was at one time one of the foremost monastic houses in Leinster, with 1500 monks in residence...
, near the town of Leighlinbridge
Leighlinbridge
Leighlinbridge is a village on the River Barrow in County Carlow, Ireland. The N9 National primary route once passed through the village, which was by-passed in the 1980s. It now lies on the R705 regional road....
in County Carlow
County Carlow
County Carlow is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Carlow, which lies on the River Barrow. Carlow County Council is the local authority for the county...
.
1692–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1692 | John Dunbar | Edward Jones | ||||
| 1695 | Richard Boyle | John Beauchamp | ||||
| 1703 | James Agar | John Tench | ||||
| 1713 | John Beauchamp | St Leger Gilbert | ||||
| 1727 | Thomas Trotter | |||||
| 1745 | Hon. Robert Jocelyn Robert Jocelyn, 1st Earl of Roden Robert Jocelyn, 1st Earl of Roden was an Irish peer and politician.He was the only son of Robert Jocelyn, 1st Viscount Jocelyn and Baron Newport by his first wife Charlotte Anderson. He was M.P for Old Leighlin 1743-56 and Auditor-General of the Exchequer from 1750 until his death... |
Thomas Carter | ||||
| 1757 | Richard Rigby Richard Rigby Richard Rigby , was an English civil servant and politician. He served as Secretary of Ireland and Paymaster of the Forces... |
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| May 1761 | John Bourke | Francis Andrews Francis Andrews Francis Andrews was an Irish politician.In 1758 he was appointed Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, and in 1759 was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Midleton. From 1761 until his death he sat for the City of Londonderry... |
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| 1761 | Edward Nicholson | |||||
| 1768 | Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt | Thomas Monck | ||||
| 1773 | John Blaquiere | |||||
| 1776 | Hugh Massy Hugh Massy, 1st Baron Massy Hugh Massy, 1st Baron Massy was an Irish peer and politician.Massy was the son of Colonel Hugh Massy and the elder brother of General Eyre Massey, 1st Baron Clarina. He was a Member of the Irish House of Commons for Limerick County between 1759 and 1776... |
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| 1777 | Robert Jephson Robert Jephson Robert Jephson was an Irish dramatist and politician.He was born in Ireland. After serving for some years in the British army, he retired with the rank of captain, and lived in England where he was the friend of David Garrick, Joshua Reynolds, Oliver Goldsmith, Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke,... |
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| 1783 | Hon. Henry Luttrell Henry Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton General Henry Lawes Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton PC was a politician and soldier.-Military career:Educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, Luttrell was commissioned into the 48th Regiment of Foot in 1757. In 1762, during the Seven Years' War, he became Deputy Adjutant-General... |
Hon. Arthur Acheson Arthur Acheson, 1st Earl of Gosford Arthur Acheson, 1st Earl of Gosford , known as The Viscount Gosford between 1790 and 1806, was an Irish peer of Scottish descent and politician.-Biography:... |
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| 1787 | Sir Edward Leslie, 1st Bt | |||||
| 1790 | Edward Cooke Edward Cooke (British politician) -Family and Early life:He was born at Denham, Buckinghamshire, the third but only surviving son of William Cooke , provost of King's College, Cambridge and his wife, Catherine, the daughter of Richard Sleech, a canon of St George's Chapel, Windsor... |
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| 1791 | Patrick Duigenan Patrick Duigenan Patrick Duigenan , Irish lawyer and politician, was the son of a Leitrim Catholic farmer named O'Duibhgeannain.Through the tuition of the local Protestant clergyman, who was interested in the boy, he got a scholarship in 1756 at Trinity College, Dublin, and subsequently became a fellow... |
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| 1798 | Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Bt |
Elections
- 1695
- 1703
- 1713
- 1715
- 1727
- 1761
- 1768
- 1776
- 1783
- 1790
- 1796 (by-election)
- 1797