Charlemont (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Coordinates: 54°28′05″N 6°41′02″W / 54.468°N 6.684°W

Charlemont
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1613
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Charlemont was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

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

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

• 1613 Sir Edward Moore
• 1634 John Bysse
• 1639 John Bysse

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689		Charlemont was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692		Richard Gorges			William Stewart
1695		Stephen Ludlow			Edward Riley
1703		Hon. John Caulfeild			Hon. James Caulfeild
1705					John Davys
1707		George Dodington
1713		Hon. James Caulfeild			Andrew Lloyd
1715					Humphrey May
1723					John Caulfeild
1727		John Moore
1752		Thomas Adderley
1761		Francis Caulfeild			Henry William Moore
1763					Annesley Stewart [note 1]
1775		Henry Grattan
1790		Richard Sheridan
1794		Richard Mountney Jephson
January 1798					Viscount Caulfield [note 2]
1798					William Conyngham Plunket
1798		Francis Dobbs
1801		Disenfranchised

Notes

1. Succeeded as 6th Baronet in 1769
2. Also elected for Armagh County in 1798, for which he chose to sit

References

1. O'Hart (2007), p. 500

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.