Killybegs was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
| Killybegs | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Donegal |
| Borough | Killybegs |
| 1616–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
History edit
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Killybegs was not represented.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1616–1801 edit
1689–1801 edit
- 1634–1635 Thomas Tallys and James Galbraith[2]
- 1639–1649 Edward Tarleton and Thomas Tallys[2]
- 1661 Sir Robert Murray and William Knight (sat for Belfast - replaced by Thomas Burton. Burton AWOL-replaced 1665 by Sir John Lyndon)[2]
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | Killybegs was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | |||||
| 1692 | Henry Conyngham | Thomas Smith | ||||
| 1695 | Charles Hamilton | Charles Melvyn | ||||
| 1703 | Benjamin Parry | |||||
| 1710 | Thomas Pearson | |||||
| 1713 | Henry Maxwell | Whig | ||||
| 1715 | Charles Fane | |||||
| 1719 | Robert Colvill | |||||
| 1727 | William Conyngham | Henry Conyngham | ||||
| 1739 | Leslie Corry | |||||
| 1741 | Henry Conyngham | |||||
| 1749 | Henry Gore | |||||
| 1753 | Francis Pierpoint Burton | |||||
| 1761 | Richard Jones | William Gerard Hamilton | ||||
| 1768 | Henry Hamilton[note 1] | Thomas Allan | ||||
| 1776 | William Burton[note 2] | |||||
| 1777 | John Knox[note 3] | |||||
| October 1783 | William Burton Conyngham | James FitzGerald[note 4] | Patriot | |||
| 1783 | William Colvill | |||||
| May 1790 | Francis Nathaniel Burton[note 5] | John Wolfe | ||||
| 1790 | Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Bt | |||||
| January 1798 | Francis Nathaniel Burton[note 6] | Richard Archdall | ||||
| 1798 | Francis McNamara | |||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes edit
- ^ Created a baronet in 1775
- ^ Also elected for Ennis in 1776, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Styles as The Honourable from 1781
- ^ Also elected for Tulsk in 1783, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for County Clare in 1790, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for County Clare in 1798, for which he chose to sit.
References edit
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
- ^ a b c Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 612.
Bibliography edit
- 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.