Kerry (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Kerry was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. Following the Act of Union 1800 the county retained two seats.

Kerry
Former County constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created ()
Abolished1800
Replaced byKerry

Boundaries and boundary changes

This constituency was based in County Kerry.

History

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

Members of Parliament
  • 1585: John Fitzgerald and Thomas Spring[2]
  • 1613–1615: Daniel O'Sullivan Beare and Stephen Rice of Ballyruddell[2]
  • 1634–1635: John FitzGerald[3] and Walter Crosbie[4] and Sir Valentine Browne[2]
  • 1639–1649: Valentine Browne II (died 1640 and replaced by Maurice Fitzgerald) and Sir Edward Denny[2]
  • 1654: Sir Hardress Waller; Henry Ingoldsby (First Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
  • 1656: Sir Hardress Waller; Henry Ingoldsby (Second Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
  • 1659: Sir Hardress Waller; Henry Ingoldsby (Third Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
  • 1661–1666: Captain John Blennerhassett, snr and Arthur Denny[5]

1689–1801
ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689 Patriot Parliament Nicholas Brown Sir Thomas Crosbie
1692 Edward Denny Hon. Thomas FitzMaurice
1697 William Sandes
1703 Edward Denny John Blennerhassett
1709 John Blennerhassett
1713 Sir Maurice Crosbie
1715 John Blennerhassett
1727 Arthur Denny
1743 Hon. John FitzMaurice
1751 John Blennerhassett
1759 Lancelot Crosbie
1761 Viscount FitzMaurice John Blennerhassett
1762 John Blennerhassett
1763 Thomas Fitzmaurice
1768 Barry Denny
1775 Arthur Blennerhassett
1776 Rowland Bateman
1783 Sir Barry Denny, 1st Bt Richard Townsend Herbert
1790 John Blennerhassett
May 1794 John Gustavus Crosbie
July 1794 Sir Barry Denny, 2nd Bt
1795 Maurice FitzGerald
1798 James Crosbie
1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kerry

Notes

    References
    1. O'Hart (2007), p. 501
    2. http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
    3. McGrath, Bríd (2017). "Sex, lies and rigged returns – the Kerry county parliamentary election of 11 June 1634 and its consequences". Parliaments, Estates and Representation. 37: 241–255. doi:10.1080/02606755.2017.1373909.
    4. The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland; Or, The Ancient and ..., Volume 3. p. 154.
    5. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.

    Bibliography
    • 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.
    • Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4, and online
    • T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
    • Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

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