Charlemont (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Charlemont
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Armagh
Borough	Charlemont
1613 (1613) (1613 (1613))–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Disfranchised

Charlemont was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland, from 1613 to 1800.

It represented Charlemont, County Armagh, an important military post since the founding of Charlemont Fort in 1602.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Charlemont was not represented.^[1] It was disenfranchised under the Acts of Union 1800.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

• 1613–1315 Sir Edward Moore and Faithful Fortescue^[2]
• 1634–1635 Chichester Fortescue and Hon Arthur Moore^[2]
• 1639–1649 John Marten and Henry Brome^[2]
• 1661–1666 Thomas Caulfeild^[3] and Thomas Howard (died and replaced 1665 by Sir Michael Appelyard)^[2]

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689		Charlemont was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692		Richard Gorges			William Stewart
1695		Stephen Ludlow			Edward Riley
1703		Hon. John Caulfeild			Hon. James Caulfeild
1705					John Davys
1707		George Dodington
1713		Hon. James Caulfeild			Andrew Lloyd
1715					Humphrey May
1723					John Caulfeild
1727		John Moore
1752		Thomas Adderley
1761		Francis Caulfeild			Henry William Moore
1763					Annesley Stewart^[a]
1775		Henry Grattan	Patriot
1790		Richard Sheridan
1794		Richard Mountney Jephson
January 1798					Viscount Caulfield^[b]
1798					William Conyngham Plunket
1798		Francis Dobbs	Patriot
1801		Disenfranchised

Notes

1. Succeeded as 6th Baronet in 1769.
2. Also elected for County Armagh in 1798, for which he chose to sit.

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 500.
2. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 606.
3. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Volume 1. p. 198.

Bibliography

• O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
• Leigh Rayment's historical . Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.