Thomastown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

Thomastown

Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
County| County Kilkenny
Borough| Thomastown
1541 (1541)–1801 (1801)
Seats| 2
Replaced by| Disfranchised

Thomastown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Following the Acts of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised.

## Members of Parliament

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* 1560 Francis Cosby and Henry Colley[1]
* 1585 Walter Sherlock and Robert Porter[1]
* 1613–1615 Robert Porter and Nicolas Robucke[1]
* 1634–1635 Patrick Sherlock and Jacob Walsh[1]
* 1639–1649 Seafoule Gibson[1] and Michael Wandesford[2]
* 1661–1666 Robert Shapcote (sat for Wicklow Borough and replaced 1661 by John Brett) and Thomas Burrell[3]

### 1689–1801

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

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1689 Patriot Parliament |  | Robert Grace, Snr |  |  | Robert Grace, Jnr |
1692  |  | William Harrison |  |  | John Hayes |
1695  |  | Christopher Hewetson |  |  | Arthur Bushe |
1703  |  | John Beauchamp |
1713  |  | Amyas Bushe |
1715  |  | William Flower |  |  | John Cuffe |
1715  |  | William Despard |
1721  |  | Richard Bettesworth |
1727  |  | Luke Gardiner |  |  | Nicholas Aylward |
1755  |  | Redmond Morres |
1757  |  | Hon. Joseph Leeson |
1761  |  | Alexander McAuley |  |  | Thomas Eyre |
1767  |  | Lord Frederick Campbell |
1768  |  | James Agar |  |  | Thomas Maunsell |
1769  |  | George Dunbar |
1776  |  | Robert Forde |  |  | Edward Bellingham Swan |
1783  |  | George Roth |  |  | Patrick Welch |
1786  |  | George Bunbury |
1790  |  | George Burdett |
1798  |  | George Dunbar |  |  | James Kearney |
March 1800  |  | Hon. Charles William Stewart |
April 1800  |  | William Gardiner |
May 1800  |  | John Francis Cradock |
1801  |  | Constituency disenfranchised

## See also

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* Thomastown, a town in County Kilkenny
* Irish House of Commons
* List of Irish constituencies

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e McGrath, Brid (1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Trinity College Dublin (TARA). hdl:2262/77206. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
2. ^ "Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885". Alex. Thom & Co. 1887.
3. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 621.

* Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4
* T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534–1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
* 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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