Lanesborough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Lanesborough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It takes its name from the village of Lanesborough in Co. Longford.
| Lanesborough | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | |
| Abolished | 1800 |
Members of Parliament
1661–1692
| Election | First member | Second member | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1661 | Maurice Barklay | Sir Edward Crofton, 1st Baronet | ||
1689 (Patriot Parliament)
| Election | First member | Second member | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | Oliver FitzGerald | Roger Farrell | ||
1692–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1692 | Fergus Farrell [1] | Sir Humphrey Jervis | ||||
| October 1692 | Thomas Handcock | |||||
| 1695 | Richard Gardiner | |||||
| 1703 | Nicholas Sankey | Henry Fox | ||||
| 1713 | William Burgh | Wentworth Harman | ||||
| 1715 | Robert Bray[2] | |||||
| 1727 | Thomas Marlay | Thomas Burgh | ||||
| 1731 | Anthony Marlay | |||||
| 1759 | John Hely-Hutchinson | Patriot | ||||
| 1761 | William Harward | Henry Gore | ||||
| 1768 | Matthias Earbery | |||||
| 1771 | Edward Bellingham Swan | |||||
| 1776 | Robert Dillon | John Hely-Hutchinson | Administration | |||
| October 1783 | David La Touche[3] | |||||
| 1783 | Cornelius Bolton | |||||
| 1790 | Gervase Parker Bushe | Stephen Moore | ||||
| 1794 | William Smith | |||||
| January 1798 | Edmond Stanley | John La Touche[4] | ||||
| 1798 | Richard Martin | |||||
| 1800 | John Kelly[5] |
Notes
- expelled on 22 October 1692
- William Burgh and Henry Fox declared not duly elected in 1715
- Also returned for Belturbet, for which he chose to sit
- Also returned for Co. Kildare, for which he chose to sit
- The last man returned to the Irish Parliament, but never took his seat
References
- 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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