Cavan County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Cavan
Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Cavan

Cavan County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.

Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Cavan County was represented with two members.^[1]

Members of Parliament

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• 1639-1641 Colonel Philip O'Reilly
• 1661–1666 Sir Francis Hamilton, 1st Baronet

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Philip Reyly			John Reyly
1692		Sir Francis Hamilton, 3rd Bt			Robert Saunders <ref = group = "note">Expelled in 1696</ref>
1697					Francis White
1703					Theophilus Butler
1713					Robert Saunders
1715		Mervyn Pratt			Brockhill Newburgh
1727		Charles Coote I			John Maxwell
1751		Hon. Brinsley Butler <ref = group = "note">Styled as Lord Newtown-Butler from 1756</ref>
1756					Hon. Barry Maxwell
1761					Charles Coote II
1766					William Stewart
1768		Hon. Barry Maxwell			George Montgomery	Patriot
1780		Hon. John James Maxwell
1783		Charles Stewart
1788					John Maxwell <ref = group = "note">Declared not duly elected in 1788</ref>
1788					Francis Saunderson
1793		Viscount Maxwell
1800		Nathaniel Sneyd
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Cavan

Elections

General Election 1761: Cavan County[2] 19 May
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Hon. Brinsley Butler	506
		Charles Coote II	466
		George Montgomery	436
		Hon. Barry Maxwell	467

Notes

References

1. O'Hart (2007), p. 501
2. Ulster Historical Foundation: County Cavan

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.