Kildare County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Kildare County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.
| Kildare County | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | |
| Abolished | 1801 |
| Replaced by | Kildare |
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Kildare County was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament
- 1429 Sir Richard FitzEustace
- 1560 Nicholas Eustace and James Flattisbury [2]
- 1585 William Sutton and Thomas Fitzmorris [2]
- 1613-1615 John Sutton and Sir William Talbot, 1st Baronet [2]
- 1634–1635 Sir Nicholas Whyte and Maurice Eustace (Speaker) [2]
- 1639 Maurice Fitzgerald (expelled and replaced 1642 by Henry Warren) and Maurice Eustace (Speaker)[3]
- 1661-1666 Hon Robert Fitzgerald and Sir Paul Davys[3]
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | John Wogan | George Aylmer | ||||
| 1692 | George FitzGerald | Robert FitzGerald | ||||
| 1698 | Henry Colley | |||||
| 1703 | Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Bt | Thomas Keightley | ||||
| 1709 | Joshua Allen [note 1] | |||||
| 1715 | Brabazon Ponsonby [note 2] | |||||
| 1725 | Francis Allen | |||||
| 1727 | Richard Allen | Maurice Keating | ||||
| 1745 | Sir Kildare Borrowes, 5th Bt | |||||
| 1761 | Arthur Pomeroy | |||||
| 1776 | Lord Charles FitzGerald | |||||
| 1783 | John Wolfe | |||||
| 1790 | Lord Edward FitzGerald | Maurice Bagenal St Leger Keating | ||||
| 1798 | John La Touche | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kildare | |||||
Notes
- Styled as The Honourable from 1717
- Styled as The Honourable from 1721
References
- O'Hart (2007), p. 502
- http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
- 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.
- 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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