Fethard (County Wexford) (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Not to be confused with Fethard (County Tipperary) (Parliament of Ireland constituency).

Fethard
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Wexford
BoroughFethard-on-Sea
1613 (1613) (1613 (1613))–1801 (1801)
Replaced byDisfranchised

Fethard was a constituency in County Wexford 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, Fethard was represented with two members.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

1689–1801

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament James Porter Nicholas Stafford
1692 Sir Richard Bulkeley, 2nd Bt Dudley Loftus
1695 Sir Nicholas Loftus
1703 Thomas Palliser
1710 Nicholas Loftus
1713 Hugh Morgan
1715 Henry Ponsonby
1727 James Stopford George Houghton
1733 Philip Doyne
1755 Charles Tottenham
1759 Nicholas Hume-Loftus[note 1]
1761 Hon. Nicholas Hume-Loftus
1764 William Alcock
1767 John Tottenham
1768 Arthur Loftus
1776 Charles Tottenham[note 2] Robert Hellen
1779 Ponsonby Tottenham
1783 Ephraim Carroll
1790 Charles Tottenham Thomas Loftus
January 1793 Henry Hatton
1793 Luke Fox
1796 William Loftus
1798 Henry Alcock Charles Eustace
1799 George Harrison Reade
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes

  1. ^ Styled as The Honourable from 1763 and as Viscount Loftus from 1766
  2. ^ Also elected for Wexford Borough in 1783, for which he chose to sit

References

  1. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 504.
  2. ^ a b McGrath, Brid (10 July 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
  3. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 637.

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.