Enniscorthy (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

Enniscorthy

Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
County| County Wexford
Borough| Enniscorthy
1613 (1613) (1613 (1613))–1801 (1801)
Replaced by| Disfranchised

Enniscorthy was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.

## History

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In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Enniscorthy was represented with two members.[1]

## Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

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* 1613–1615, Sir Edward Fisher and Richard Perkins[2]
* 1634–1635, Sir Arthur Loftus and Thomas Newcomen[2]
* 1639–1649, William Swanton and Ralph Waddington (unseated and replaced by Sir Thomas Esmond, 1st Baronet, (expelled 1642))[2][3]
* 1661, Timothy Stampe and James Napper (Napper AWOL and replaced in 1662 by George Carleton)[2]

### 1689–1801

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Election |  | First member | First party |  | Second member | Second party

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1689 Patriot Parliament |  | James Devereux |  |  | Dudley Colclough |
1689  |  | Arthur Waddington |
1692  |  | Richard Barry |  |  | John Seymour |
September 1703  |  | Morley Saunders |  |  | John Asgill[note 1] |
1703  |  | William Berry |
1713  |  | Richard Le Hunt |
1715  |  | William Berry |
1740  |  | Anderson Saunders |
1747  |  | Hon. Thomas George Southwell |
1761  |  | Beauchamp Bagenal |  |  | John Grogan |
1768  |  | Cornelius Grogan |
1769  |  | Sir Edward Newenham | Patriot
1776  |  | Frederick Flood[note 2] |  |  | Mountifort Longfield |
October 1783  |  | William Alexander English[note 3] |
1783  |  | Conway Heatley |
1790  |  | Vesey Colclough |
1795  |  | Robert Cornwall |
January 1798  |  | William Congreve Alcock[note 4] |
1798  |  | Thomas Whaley |
February 1800  |  | Peter Burrowes |
June 1800  |  | Thomas Dawson |
1801 |  | Disenfranchised

### Notes

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1. ^ Expelled in 1703
2. ^ Created a baronet in 1780
3. ^ Declared not duly elected in 1783
4. ^ Also elected for Waterford City in 1798, for which he chose to sit

## References

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1. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 504.
2. ^ a b c d McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641" - via www.tara.tcd.ie.
3. ^ George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Baronetage, volume II (Exeter, 1902) page 255.

## 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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