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Banagher (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Banagher was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
Banagher | |
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Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | King's County |
Province | Leinster |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1629 |
Abolished | 1800 |
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
History
Banagher had two members in the 1689 Patriot Parliament summoned by King James II.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1629–1801
- 1634–1635 Sir Edward Bagshawe and Richard Pigott [2]
- 1639–1649 Thomas Little (expelled and replaced by Robert Smith) and Jacob Lovell (died and replaced 1642 by James Laughlyn. Laughlyn died and was replaced 1645 by Sir Robert Dixon)[3][4]
- 1661–1666 Colonel Carey Dillon, later 5th Earl of Roscommon and Sir William Gore, 3rd Baronet[4]
1689–1801
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | Terence Coghlan | Terence Coghlan | ||||
1692 | Thomas Lestrange | William Sprigge | ||||
1703 | George Eyre | |||||
1711 | Charles Patrick Plunket | |||||
1713 | Peter Holmes | |||||
1715 | Thomas Lestrange | |||||
1727 | George Holmes | |||||
1729 | William Sprigge | |||||
1734 | Galbraith Holmes[note 1] | |||||
November 1735 | Robert Holmes[note 1] | |||||
December 1735 | Richard Trench | Henry Lestrange | ||||
1761 | Peter Holmes | John Pigott | ||||
1764 | Sir John Meade, 4th Bt | |||||
1767 | Henry Prittie | |||||
1768 | Thomas Coghlan | |||||
1776 | James Cavendish | |||||
1783 | Richard Malone | |||||
1785 | Edward Bellingham Swan | |||||
1790 | Edward Hoare | John Metge | ||||
January 1798 | John Brabazon Ponsonby[note 2] | |||||
1798 | Arthur Dawson | |||||
1798 | John Metge[note 3] | |||||
1798 | Edward Hoare | |||||
1800 | John Philpot Curran | Patriot | ||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |
Notes
References
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 . Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.