Donegal County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

County Donegal was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. The county received two seats at Westminster thereafter.

County Donegal
Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Donegal
() ( ())–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Donegal (UKHC)

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Donegal County was not represented.^[1] Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

Members of Parliament

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1613		Sir John Vaughan^[2]			Sir William Stewart^[2]
1634
1639		Sir Ralph Gore			Sir Paul Davys^[2]
1656		Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet			Thomas Newburgh
1661		Sir Charles Hamilton^[3]			Richard Perkins^[2]
1689		Donegal County was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692		Charles Hamilton			Gustavus Hamilton
1695		Henry Conyngham
1707		Frederick Hamilton^[note 1]	Whig
1713					Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt	Whig
1716		The Hon. Gustavus Hamilton
1727					Alexander Montgomery
1730					The Hon. Henry Hamilton
1735		George Knox
1741		Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Bt
1743					Andrew Knox
1747		Sir Ralph Gore, 6th Bt
1765		Robert Clements
1768		John McCausland			Alexander Montgomery	Patriot
1776		Robert Clements
1783		Henry Vaughan Brooke
1790
1800					Viscount Sudley
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Donegal

Notes

1. Styled as The Honourable from 1715

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
2. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 611.
3. MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800

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.