Kildare Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Kildare Borough
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	()
Abolished	1801
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Kildare Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.

History

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

Members of Parliament

Parliaments of Charles I

1634 Christopher Wandesford
1634 Sir Richard Kennedy, 1st Baronet
1639 Christopher Wandesford
1639 Sir Richard Kennedy, 1st Baronet

1689–1801

Election	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament	Francis Leigh		Robert Porter
1692	Thomas Medlycott		Francis Robartes
August 1695			William Palmer ^{[note 1]}
1695			John Davys
1703	Thomas Jones		Richard Locke
1715	James Barry		Maurice Keating ^{[note 2]}
1716	James Barry		Richard Warren
1725	Maurice Keating
1727	Robert Dixon
1732	John Digby
1735			Robert Downes
1755			Robert Harman
May 1761	Edward Sandford ^{[note 3]}		Henry Sandford
1761	Garret FitzGerald		Henry Sandford
1768	Marquess of Kildare ^{[note 4]}	Patriot	Maurice Keating
1769	Simon Digby		Joseph Henry
1776			Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt
1783			Lord Henry FitzGerald	Patriot
1790			Robert Graydon
1796	Jones Harrison		Robert Graydon
1798	James FitzGerald	Patriot	Brydges Trecothic Henniker
1801	Disenfranchised

Notes

↑ Also elected for Castlebar in 1695, for which he chose to sit
↑ Declared not duly elected in 1715
↑ Also elected for Harristown in 1761, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also elected for Dublin City in 1768, for which he chose to sit

References

↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 502

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 Kildare

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Athy (1614–1800) Harristown (1684–1800) Kildare Borough (????–1800) Kildare County (????–1800) Naas (1570–1800)

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

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Kildare–Wicklow (1921–23) Kildare (1923–37, 1948–2002) Carlow–Kildare (1937–48) Kildare North (2002–) Kildare South (2002–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) East (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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