Clogher (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

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Clogher

Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
County| County Tyrone
Borough| Clogher
1264 (1264)–1801 (1801)
Seats| 2
Replaced by| Disfranchised

Clogher was a borough constituency in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It represented the "city" of Clogher in County Tyrone. The city, actually no more than a village, gained its importance as the site of the cathedral of the Church of Ireland diocese of Clogher. The constituency was a rotten borough in the gift of the bishop. When the constituency was disestablished, bishop John Porter's claim for £15,000 compensation was disallowed.[1]

## Members of Parliament, 1264–1801

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Election | First MP | Second MP

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1613  |  | George Watkins  |  |  | William Ferrar  |
1634  |  | Sir Henry Spotteswood  |  |  | Edward Ascough  |
1639  |  | George Wandesford  |  |  | Henry Mannings  |
1661  |  | Edward Cook  |  |  | Matthew Draper, died
and repl. 1661 by John Paine  |
1689  |  | Clogher was not represented in the Patriot Parliament[2]
1692  |  | Edward Davis |  |  | John Rogerson[note 1] |
August 1695  |  | William Wolseley[note 2] |  |  | Richard Johnston |
1695  |  | Henry Tenison[note 3] |
1696  |  | Sir Robert Staples, 4th Bt |
1703  |  | Richard St George |  |  | Henry St George |
1713 |  | Thomas Ashe |
1723  |  | James Coghill |
1727  |  | Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt |  |  | Silvester Crosse |
1731  |  | Walter Carey[note 4] |
1733  |  | Richard Vincent |
1757  |  | Nehemiah Nixon Donnellan |
1761 |  | Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Bt |  |  | Samuel Lowe |
1765  |  | William Moore |
1768  |  | John Staples |
1776  |  | Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Bt  |  |  | Thomas St George |
1783 |  | Sackville Hamilton |
1785  |  | John Francis Cradock |
1790  |  | Richard Townsend Herbert |
1795  |  | Hon. Thomas Pelham |
January 1798  |  | Sir John Tydd, 1st Bt |  |  | Thomas Burgh |
1798  |  | Jonah Barrington | Irish Patriot
January 1800  |  | William Gardiner[note 5] |  |  | Hon. Richard Annesley[note 5] |
March 1800  |  | John King |  |  | Charles Ball |
1801 |  | Disenfranchised

### Notes

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1. ^ Knighted in 1693
2. ^ Also elected for Longford Borough in 1695, for which he chose to sit
3. ^ Also elected for County Monaghan in 1695, for which he chose to sit.
4. ^ Also spelt 'Cary'
5. ^ a b Declared not duly elected in 1800

## References

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1. ^ Gale, Peter (1834). "Appendix XXIV". An inquiry into the ancient corporate system of Ireland. London: Richard Bentley. pp. clxiv.
2. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.

* Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885

## 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 0-7884-1927-7.
* 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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