Meath (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

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

Members of Parliament

• 1370 James de la Hide and John Fitz John^[1]
• 1374 Sir Richard Plunkett
• 1568 Lucas Dillon
• 1585 Sir Patrick Barnewall of Crickstown
• 1585 Richard Barnewall
• 1639 Sir Richard Barnewall, 2nd Baronet
• 1639 Nicholas Plunkett
• 1642 Sir John Temple
• 1646 Sir John Temple
• 1680 Sir Patrick Barnewall, 3rd Baronet
• 1689 Sir William Talbot, 3rd Baronet

1692–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1692		Charles Meredyth			John Osborne
1695		Sir John Dillon			Thomas Bligh
1709		John Preston
1711					Garret Wesley
1715					James Napper
1719					Peter Ludlow
1733		James Lenox Napper [2]
1751					Arthur Francis Meredyth
1761		Hercules Langford Rowley			Gorges Lowther
1792					Hamilton Gorges
1794		Thomas Taylour, Viscount Headfort
1795		Hon. Clotworthy Taylor [3]
1800		Marcus Somerville
1801		Succeeded by Westminster constituency Meath

Notes

1. Lynch, William (1830). A view of the legal institutions, honorary hereditary offices, and feudal baronies, established in Ireland during the reign of Henry the Second: deduced from court rolls, inquisitions, and other original records. p. 61. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
2. from 1743 James Napper-Dutton
3. from 1796 Hon. Clotworthy Rowley

References

• 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.