Kilbeggan (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Kilbeggan
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1612 (1612)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Kilbeggan was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1612 to 1800.

History

The borough was incorporated by James I by a Charter dated 27 February 1612. The charter conferred upon the elected portreeve and burgesses the right to return two Members to Parliament. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Kilbeggan was represented with two members.^[1] Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

A sum of £15,000 was paid at the 1801 Union, to Gustavus Lambart, Esq., as Compensation for the loss of the elective franchise.^[2]

Members of Parliament, 1612–1801

- Richard Lambart, 1647-1649 Declared insane.

1689–1801

Election	First member	First party	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	Bryan Geoghegan		Charles Geoghegan
1692	Oliver Lambart		John Wakeley
1695	Oliver Lambart		Charles Lambart
1703	Patrick Fox		Charles Lambart
1713	Brabazon Newcomen		John Preston ^{[note 1]}
1715			William FitzHerbert
1715			Charles Lambart
1727	Charles Lambart
1741	Gustavus Lambart
1753			Hamilton Lambart
1761			Thomas Tipping
1768			Charles Lambart
1776	Sir Richard Johnston, 1st Bt		Charles Lambart
1783	Henry Flood	Patriot	John Philpot Curran
1790	Thomas Burgh		William Sherlock
1798	Sir Francis Hopkins, 1st Bt		Gustavus Lambart
1800	Thomas Gould		Gustavus Lambart
1801	Disenfranchised

Notes

↑ Also elected for Meath in 1713, for which he chose to sit

References

↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 504
↑ http://www.irishmidlandsancestry.com/content/offaly/community/borough_kilbeggan.htm The Midland Boroughs in the 1830s - Kilbeggan

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 Westmeath

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Athlone (1607–1800) Fore (???–1800) Kilbeggan (1613–1800) Mullingar (1583–1800) Westmeath (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Athlone (1801–85) Westmeath (1801–85) North Westmeath (1885–1922) South Westmeath (1885–1922) Westmeath (1918–22)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Longford–Westmeath (1921–37) Meath–Westmeath (1937–48) Longford–Westmeath (1948–92) Westmeath (1992–2007) Longford–Westmeath (2007–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) East (2004–09) North-West (2009–14) 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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