Baltinglass (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Baltinglass
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1664 (1664)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Baltinglass was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Baltinglass was not represented.^[1]

Members of Parliament, 1664–1801

1665–1666 Richard Bulkeley

1689–1801

Year	First member	Second member
1689	Baltinglass was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692	Sir James Shaen, 1st Bt	Richard Thompson
1696	Charles Ricasey	Richard Thompson
1703	Charles Ricasey	Edward Stratford
1715	Jeffrey Paul
1721	John Stratford
1727		Daniel Falkiner
1759		Edward Stratford ^{[note 1]}
1763	Hon. John Stratford	Edward Stratford ^{[note 1]}
1768		Godfrey Lill
1775		Hon. Edward Stratford
1777	Hon. Benjamin Stratford	John Godley
1783	Warden Flood	James Somerville ^{[note 2]}
1784	Warden Flood	Sir John Johnson, 1st Bt
1790	Hon. John Stratford	Hon. Benjamin Stratford
1801	Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

↑ Styled as The Honourable from 1763
↑ Declared not duly elected in 1783

References

↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 504

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.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Wicklow

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Baltinglass (164–1800) Blessington (1670–1800) Carysfort (1629–1800) Wicklow Borough (1614–1800) Wicklow County (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Wicklow (1801–85) East Wicklow (1885–1922) West Wicklow (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Kildare–Wicklow (1921–23) Wicklow (1923–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) East (2004–14) South (2014–)

Irish counties: Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

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