Naas (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Naas
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Naas was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801. The Parliament of Ireland merged with the Parliament of Great Britain to form the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1801. Thereafter Naas was represented by the Members for Kildare.

Members of Parliament

• 1559 Henry Draycott
• 1642: Dr Dudley Loftus

1692–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1692		John Aylmer			Nicholas Jones
1695		Richard Nevill			James Barry
1703		Alexander Gradon			Francis Spring
1711					James Barry
1713		Thomas Burgh			Theobald Bourke
1727					John Bourke
1731		Thomas Burgh
1759		Richard Burgh
1761					Maurice Keating
1763		John Bourke [1] [2]
1768					John Bourke
1777					Thomas Allan
1783					Hugh Carleton
1787					Sir Richard Gorges-Meredyth, 1st Bt
1790					John Bourke [3]
1791		James Bond [4]
1795					George Damer, Viscount Milton
January 1798		Hon. Thomas Pelham			Hon. Francis Hely-Hutchinson
1798		John Macartney [5]
1801		Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

1. from 1776 Hon. John Bourke
2. from 1785 John Bourke, Lord Naas
3. from 1792 John Bourke, Lord Naas
4. from 1794 Sir James Bond, 1st Bt
5. from 1799 Sir John Macartney, 1st Bt

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.