County Wexford (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

County Wexford
Former county constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Wexford
? (?) (? (?))–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byCounty Wexford (UKHC)

County Wexford was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.

Members of Parliament

  • 1560: William Hore of Harperstown and Richard Synnott of Ballybrennane[1]
  • 1613–1615: James Furlonge (died and replaced by Walter Synnott) and Thomas Wadding[2]
  • 1634–1645: William Esmond of Johnstown[3] and Marcus Cheevers[1]
  • 1639–1649: Sir Arthur Loftus and Nicholas Loftus[1]
  • 1661–1666: Thomas Scott (expelled and replaced 1665 by Richard Kenney of Edermys) and John Warren[1]

1689–1801

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament Walter Butler Patrick Colclough
1692 Sir John Ivory Philip Savage
1695 Mathew Forde
1709 William Hore
1713 James Stopford
1715 Nicholas Loftus
1721 James Stopford
1727 Caesar Colclough
1751 Arthur Jones-Nevill
1755 Robert Leigh
1755 Andrew Ram
1761 Hon. Arthur Saunders Gore[4]
1766 Vesey Colclough
1768 Hon. Henry Loftus
1769 George Ogle
1790 Hon. John Loftus[5]
1798 Abel Ram
1801 Replaced by Westminster constituency County Wexford

References

  1. ^ a b c d McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
  2. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 637.
  3. ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies. p. 603.
  4. ^ from 1762 Arthur Gore, Viscount Sudley
  5. ^ from 1794 John Loftus, Viscount Loftus