Carysfort (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Carysfort
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Wicklow
BoroughCarysfort (now Macreddin)
1629 (1629) (1629 (1629))–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byDisfranchised

Carysfort was a borough constituency for Carysfort, now Macreddin, in County Wicklow represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Carysfort was represented with two members.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1634–1801

1689–1801

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament Hugh Byrne Pierce Archbold[note 1]
1689 Bartholomew Polewheele
1692 Richard Edwards Thomas Whitshed
1695 William Hoey Edward Stratford
1698 Hugh Eccles
September 1703 Thomas Burroughs[note 2]
1703 Richard Thompson
1713 Robert Allen
1715 John Sale
1717 Edward Webster
1727 James Tynte[note 3]
1728 Richard Hull
1733 Hon. John Allen
1743 Stephen Trotter
1761 Sir William Osborne, 8th Bt[note 4] William Mayne[note 5]
1769 Sir Robert Deane, 5th Bt
1771 Sir Robert Deane, 6th Bt
1777 Thomas Osborne[note 6] Warden Flood
October 1783 Sir William Osborne, 8th Bt
1783 John Proby Osborne
1788 Alleyne FitzHerbert
1790 Charles Osborne
1798 Henry Osborne
1799 Robert Aldridge
1800 Mark Singleton
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes

  1. ^ Elected, but never took his seat
  2. ^ Declared not duly elected in 1703
  3. ^ Also elected for Youghal in 1727, for which he chose to sit
  4. ^ Also elected for Dungarvan in 1768, for which he chose to sit
  5. ^ Created a baronet in 1763
  6. ^ Succeeded as 9th Baronet in 1783

References

  1. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 504.
  2. ^ Guildford Slingsby at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  3. ^ a b c Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 639.

Bibliography

  • O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
  • Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.