County Kildare (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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County Kildare
Former county constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Kildare
1297 (1297)–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byKildare

County Kildare was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1297[1] to 1801.

History

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In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, County Kildare was represented with two members.[2]

Members of Parliament

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1689–1801

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Election First MP Second MP
1689 John Wogan George Aylmer
1692 George FitzGerald Robert FitzGerald
1698 Henry Colley
1703 Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Bt Thomas Keightley
1709 Joshua Allen[note 1]
1715 Brabazon Ponsonby[note 2]
1725 Francis Alen
1727 Richard Allen Maurice Keating
1745 Sir Kildare Borrowes, 5th Bt
1761 Arthur Pomeroy
1776 Lord Charles FitzGerald
1783 John Wolfe
1790 Lord Edward FitzGerald Patriot/Whig Maurice Bagenal St Leger Keating
1798 John La Touche
1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kildare

Notes

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  1. ^ Styled as The Honourable from 1717
  2. ^ Styled as The Honourable from 1721

References

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  1. ^ Bentham, William (1831). "Dignities, Feudal and Parliamentary". The National Magazine. 2 (4): 264. doi:10.2307/30058467. ISSN 2009-1656.
  2. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
  3. ^ a b c d McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641. Department of History (PhD thesis). Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206.
  4. ^ a b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.

Bibliography

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  • 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 List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.


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