County Kilkenny was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
| County Kilkenny | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Kilkenny |
| –1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | County Kilkenny (UKHC) |
History edit
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, County Kilkenny was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament edit
- 1531 Rowland Fitzgerald, 2nd Baron of Burnchurch[2]
- 1559 Nicholas White and Walter Gall[3]
- 1585 Gerard Blancheville and Robert Rothe[3]
- 1613–1615 Lucas Shee and Robert Grace, Baron of Courtown[3]
- 1634–1635 Robert Grace, Baron of Courtown and Edmund Butler of Polestown[3]
- 1639–1649 Pierce Butler (expelled) and Walter Walsh[3]
- 1661–1666 Sir John Ponsonby and Colonel Daniel Redman[4]
1689–1801 edit
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | John Grace | Robert Walsh | ||||
| 1692 | Richard Coote | William Ponsonby | ||||
| 1695 | Agmondisham Cuffe | |||||
| 1703 | Sir Henry Wemys | |||||
| 1715 | William Flower | |||||
| 1721 | Patrick Wemyss | |||||
| 1727 | Hon. William Ponsonby[note 1] | |||||
| 1747 | Patrick Wemys | |||||
| 1759 | Henry Flood | Patriot | ||||
| 1761 | Hon. John Ponsonby | Patriot | James Agar | |||
| 1776 | Hon. Edmund Butler | |||||
| 1779 | Joseph Deane | |||||
| 1783 | William Brabazon Ponsonby | Patriot (to 1789) Irish Whig (from 1789) |
Hon. Henry Welbore Agar | Patriot/Irish Whig[5] | ||
| 1790 | Walter Butler[note 2] | |||||
| February 1796 | Hon. John Wandesford Butler | |||||
| 1797 | Hon. James Wandesford Butler | Irish Whig | ||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency County Kilkenny | |||||
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
- ^ Barron, Stephen (April–June 1914). "Distinguished Waterford Families: II – Barron" (PDF). Journal of the Waterford and South-East Ireland Archaeological Society. 17 (2): 56.
- ^ a b c d e McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 620.
- ^ "AGAR, Henry Welbore, 2nd Visct. Clifden [I] (1761–1836). | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
Bibliography edit
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
- 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.