Lismore (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Lismore was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Lismore
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Waterford
BoroughLismore
 () ( ())–1801 (1801)
Replaced byDisfranchised

Members of Parliament edit

1692–1801 edit

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1692 George Rogers Arthur Shaen[2]
1703 Sir James Jeffreys
1715 Thomas Meredyth
1719 Sir John Osborne, 7th Bt
1725 Hugh Dixon
1727 Noblett Dunscomb Thomas Carter[3]
1728 Richard Aldworth
1745 William Bristow
1759 Ponsonby Moore
1761 Sir Henry Cavendish, 1st Bt Stephen Moore
1766 Henry Cavendish, 2nd Bt
1768 James Gisborne
1776 Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Bt[4]
1778 Richard Musgrave[5]
1791 Robert Paul
1796 George Ponsonby
1798 Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Bt
1801 Constituency disenfranchised

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 635.
  2. ^ from 1695 Sir Arthur Shaen, 2nd Bt
  3. ^ Also returned for Hillsborough, for which he chose to sit
  4. ^ Declared not duly elected in 1790
  5. ^ from 1782 Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Bt

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