Enniskillen (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

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Enniskillen

Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
County| County Fermanagh
Borough| Enniskillen
1613 (1613)–1801 (1801)
Replaced by| Enniskillen

Enniskillen was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

## History

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In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Enniskillen was not represented.[1]

## Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

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### 1613–1801

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Election | First MP | Second MP

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1613  |  | Roger Atkinson  |  |  | Humphrey Farnham
1634  |  | Sir John Borlase |  |  | Sir Paul Davys
1639  |  | Captain Sir John Borlase  |  |  | Arthur Champion[note 1]
1661  |  | Sir Michael Cole  |  |  | Sir Robert Cole
1689  |  | Enniskillen was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692  |  | Sir Arthur Cole, 2nd Bt |  |  | Sir Michael Cole |
1695  |  | Abraham Creighton |
1703  |  | John Cole |
1711  |  | John Corry |
1713 |  | Richard Cole |
1727  |  | James Saunderson |
1730  |  | John Cole |
1761 |  | Hon. William Willoughby Cole |  |  | Richard Gorges |
February 1768  |  | Richard Gorges[note 2] |
August 1768  |  | Armar Lowry[note 3] |
1769  |  | Bernard Smyth Ward |
1771  |  | Hugh Henry Mitchell |
1776  |  | Sir Archibald Acheson, 6th Bt |  |  | John Leigh |
1777  |  | Henry Flood | Irish Patriot Party
October 1783  |  | Sir John Blaquiere[note 4] |  |  | John McClintock |
1783 |  | James Stewart |
1790  |  | Arthur Cole-Hamilton |  |  | Richard Magenis |
1797 |  | Hon. Lowry Cole |
1800  |  | Henry Osborne |
1801 |  | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Enniskillen

### Notes

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1. ^ Murdered in 1641
2. ^ Changed surnamed Gorges-Meredyth in 1775
3. ^ Also elected for County Tyrone in 1768, for which he chose to sit
4. ^ Also elected for Carlingford in 1783, for which he chose to sit

## References

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1. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 503.

* 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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