Blessington (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Blessington | |
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Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1670 |
Abolished | 1800 |
Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Blessington in County Wicklow was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1670 until 1800.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Blessington was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1670–1801
1689–1801
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | James Eustace | Maurice Eustace | ||||
1692 | William Crowe | Sir Richard Levinge | ||||
1695 | Denny Muschamp | Gideon Delaune | ||||
1703 | William Crowe | John Jephson | ||||
1711 | Hon. Charles Boyle | |||||
1719 | David Dunbar | |||||
1724 | Joseph Slattery | |||||
November 1727 | Sir Richard Levinge, 2nd Bt | Anthony Malone [note 1] | ||||
1727 | Patrick French | |||||
1745 | Charles Ussher | |||||
1748 | Joseph Kelly | |||||
1749 | Francis McCartney | |||||
1759 | George Smyth | |||||
1761 | John Monck Mason | |||||
1768 | George Smyth | |||||
1769 | John Monck Mason | |||||
1771 | Charles Dunbar | |||||
1776 | John Talbot Dillon | |||||
1779 | John Reilly | |||||
October 1783 | William Montgomery [note 2] | |||||
1783 | Sir Richard Johnston, 1st Bt | |||||
1796 | David Ker | |||||
1798 | Richard Annesley | |||||
1800 | William Saurin | |||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |
Notes
- ↑ Also elected for Westmeath in 1727, for which he chose to sit
- ↑ Also elected for Hillsborough in 1783, for which he chose to sit
References
- ↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 501
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.
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