Ratoath (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Ratoath was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons.
| Ratoath | |
|---|---|
| Former Manor constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Boundaries and boundary changes
This constituency was the manor of Ratoath in County Meath.
Following the Act of Union 1800 the constituency was disenfranchised.
Members of Parliament
It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.
- 1661-1666 Richard Boughton (expelled for absence and replaced by Sir Robert Reading) and Dr Ralph King [1]
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | John Hussey | James FitzGerald | ||||
| 1692 | Edward Corker | Robert Gorges | ||||
| 1695 | Thomas Molyneux | |||||
| September 1703 | Edward Forde | Richard Gorges | ||||
| 1703 | Sir Standish Hartstonge, 2nd Bt | |||||
| 1705 | George Lowther | |||||
| 1713 | Richard Gorges | |||||
| 1716 | Hon. William St Lawrence | |||||
| 1727 | Charles Hamilton | Edward Lovett Pearce [2] | ||||
| 1734 | Rowley Hill | |||||
| 1737 | Gorges Lowther | |||||
| 1753 | Marcus Lowther-Crofton [3] | |||||
| 1761 | George Lowther | John Curtis | ||||
| 1768 | John Cramer | |||||
| 1769 | William Irvine | Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, 1st Bt | ||||
| 1776 | John Forbes | George Putland | ||||
| 1783 | Peter Metge | Arthur Forbes | ||||
| 1784 | John Metge | |||||
| 1789 | Alexander Hamilton | |||||
| 1790 | William Irvine | Gorges Lowther | ||||
| January 1798 | James Moore O'Donnell | |||||
| September 1798 | James Cane | |||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
- Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 628.
- from 1732 Sir Edward Pearce
- from 1758 Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, 1st Bt
Elections
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.
See also
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