Boyle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

      Boyle
      Former constituency
      Created 1614 (1614)
      Post-Union Disenfranchised
      Type Irish House of Commons

      Boyle was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.

      History

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

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      Members of Parliament, 1614–1801

      1689–1801

      Election First member First party Second member Second party
      1689 Patriot Parliament John King Terence MacDermott
      1692 William Handcock Stephen Ludlow
      1695 Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Bt John King [note 1]
      1703 Sir Robert King, 1st Bt
      1707 Henry King [note 2]
      1715 Robert Sandford
      1727 Arthur French Richard Wingfield
      1743 Sir Robert King, 4th Bt
      1749 Edward King [note 3]
      1761 Henry King Benjamin Burton
      1763 Richard FitzGerald
      1776 Viscount Kingsborough
      October 1783 Peter Metge [note 4]
      1783 Robert Boyd
      1790 Laurence Harman Harman [note 5]
      1792 Thomas Tenison
      1798 Viscount Kingsborough [note 6]
      January 1798 Hon. Robert Edward King
      1801 Disenfranchised

      Notes

      1. ^ Succeeded as 2nd Baronet in 1707
      2. ^ Succeeded as 3rd Baronet in 1720
      3. ^ Succeeded as 5th Baronet in 1755
      4. ^ Also elected for Ratoath in 1783, for which he chose to sit
      5. ^ Also elected for Longford County in 1790, for which he chose to sit
      6. ^ Elected, but never took his seat
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      References

      1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 503
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      Bibliography

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