Waterford City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Waterford City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1264 to 1800. Following the Act of Union of 1800 the borough retained one seat.

Waterford City
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Waterford
Borough	Waterford
1264 (1264) (1264 (1264))–1801 (1801)
Replaced by	Waterford City (UKHC)

Borough

This constituency was based in the city of Waterford in County Waterford. It was incorporated by charter in 1264 with freeholders and freemen.

Members of Parliament

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1560		Maurice Wise			Peter Stronge^[1]
1585		Nicholas Walsh	Speaker		Sir Patrick Walsh^[1]
1613		Richard Wadding			Paul Sherlock^[1]
1634		William Dobbin			Richard Strange^[1]
1639		Richard Butler			John Walsh^[2]
1661		William Hulsey			John Eyers^[1]
1689 Patriot Parliament		John Porter			Nicholas FitzGerald
1692		Henry Nicholls			Anthony Suxbury
1695		Richard Christmas
1703					Maynard Christian
1713		Thomas Christmas
1715					John Mason
1738					Ambrose Congreve
1739					Robert Carew
1741					Christmas Paul
1747		Samuel Barker
1748					Shapland Carew
1761		Cornelius Bolton			Henry Alcock
1769					Shapland Carew
1776		Cornelius Bolton			Robert Shapland Carew
1783		Henry Alcock
1798		William Congreve Alcock
1801		Replaced by Westminster constituency Waterford City

Elections

See also

• Irish House of Commons
• List of Irish constituencies

References

1. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 634.
2. McGrath, Brid (19 June 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.

Sources

• Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4, on line
• T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
• Leigh Rayment's historical . Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.