Ratoath (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Ratoath | |
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Former Manor constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Ratoath was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons.
Boundaries and boundary changes
This constituency was the manor of Ratoath in County Meath.
Following the Act of Union 1800 the constituency was disenfranchised.
Members of Parliament
It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.
- 1662-1666 Sir Robert Reading
- 1689: John Hussey and James FitzGerald (members of the Patriot Parliament)
1692–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1692 | Edward Corker | Robert Gorges | ||||
| 1695 | Thomas Molyneux | |||||
| September 1703 | Edward Forde | Richard Gorges | ||||
| 1703 | Sir Standish Hartstonge, 2nd Bt | |||||
| 1705 | George Lowther | |||||
| 1713 | Richard Gorges | |||||
| 1716 | Hon. William St Lawrence | |||||
| 1727 | Charles Hamilton | Edward Lovett Pearce [1] | ||||
| 1734 | Rowley Hill | |||||
| 1737 | Gorges Lowther | |||||
| 1753 | Marcus Lowther-Crofton [2] | |||||
| 1761 | George Lowther | John Curtis | ||||
| 1768 | John Cramer | |||||
| 1769 | William Irvine | Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, 1st Bt | ||||
| 1776 | John Forbes | George Putland | ||||
| 1783 | Peter Metge | Arthur Forbes | ||||
| 1784 | John Metge | |||||
| 1789 | Alexander Hamilton | |||||
| 1790 | William Irvine | Gorges Lowther | ||||
| January 1798 | James Moore O'Donnell | |||||
| 1798 | James Cane | |||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
Elections
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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.
See also
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