Jamestown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

Jamestown

Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
County| County Leitrim
Borough| Jamestown
1622 (1622) (1622 (1622))–1801 (1801)
Replaced by| Disfranchised

Jamestown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It took its name from Jamestown, County Leitrim.

## History

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

Jamestown was a small village containing approximately 48 houses.[2]

## Members of Parliament, 1622–1801

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* 1634–1635 Charles Coote jnr and Sir William Anderson[3]
* 1639–1649 Sir John Giffard and Sir Francis Hamilton[3]
* 1661–1666 Sir Robert Meredith[4] and Sir William Dixon[5]

### 1689–1801

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

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1689 Patriot Parliament |  | Alexander Mac Donnell |  |  | William Shanley |
1692  |  | John Mahon |  |  | Robert Smith |
1695  |  | Edmond Reynell |
1703  |  | John King |
1709  |  | Gilbert King |
1715  |  | Hon. Algernon Coote |
1721  |  | Richard Geering |  |  | John King |
1727  |  | Robert French |
1737  |  | Gilbert King |
1745  |  | Richard Liddell |
1747  |  | John Gore |
1761  |  | Roger Palmer |  |  | Edward Loftus |
1768  |  | James Browne |  |  | John FitzGibbon |
1776  |  | Viscount Westport |  |  | Richard Martin | Patriot
1781  |  | John Hall |
1783  |  | Sir Francis Hutchinson |  |  | Henry Bruen |
1790  |  | Arthur Wolfe |  |  | Henry Wood |
1796  |  | Robert Edward King[note 1] |
1798  |  | Gilbert King |  |  | John King |
1801 |  | Disenfranchised

### Notes

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1. ^ Styled as The Honourable from 1797

## References

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1. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 503.
2. ^ Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (24 October 1836). "Parliamentary Papers". H.M. Stationery Office - via Google Books.
3. ^ a b McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641". hdl:2262/77206 - via www.tara.tcd.ie.
4. ^ "The Irish merediths". Retrieved 9 June 2019.
5. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 623.

## 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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