Jamestown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Jamestown
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1622 (1622)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Jamestown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It took its name from Jamestown, County Leitrim.

History

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

Jamestown was a small village containing approximately 48 houses. ^[2]

Members of Parliament, 1622–1801

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	Alexander MacDonnell	William Shanley
1692	John Mahon	Robert Smith
1695		Edmond Reynell
1703		John King
1709	Gilbert King	John King
1715	Gilbert King	Hon. Algernon Coote
1721	Richard Geering	John King
1727	Robert French	John King
1737	Robert French	Gilbert King
1745	Richard Liddell
1747	John Gore
1761	Roger Palmer	Edward Loftus
1768	James Browne	John FitzGibbon
1776	Viscount Westport	Richard Martin
1781	John Hall	Richard Martin
1783	Sir Francis Hutchinson	Henry Bruen
1790	Arthur Wolfe	Henry Wood
1796	Arthur Wolfe	Robert Edward King ^{[note 1]}
1798	Gilbert King	John King
1801	Disenfranchised

Notes

↑ Styled as The Honourable from 1797

References

↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 503
↑ Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 24

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 Leitrim

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Carrick (1614–1800) Jamestown (????–1800) Leitrim (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Leitrim (1801–85) North Leitrim (1885–1918) South Leitrim (1885–1918) Leitrim (1918–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Leitrim–Roscommon North (1921–23) Leitrim–Sligo (1923–37) Leitrim (1937–48) Sligo–Leitrim (1948–2007, 2016–) Donegal–Leitrim (1969–77) Roscommon–Leitrim (1969–81) Sligo–North Leitrim (2007–16) Roscommon–South Leitrim (2007–16)

European Parliament 1979–present	Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004) North-West (2004–14) Midlands–North-West (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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