Gorey (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Gorey
Former constituency
Created 1620 (1620)
Post-Union Disenfranchised
Type Irish House of Commons

Gorey was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.

Contents

History

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

Members of Parliament, 1620–1801

1689–1801

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament Abraham Strange Richard Daly
1692 John Itchingham Chichester Abel Ram
1713 Sir John Stanley, 1st Bt George Ram
1715 Abel Ram
1727 Abel Ram
1741 Humphreys Ram
1761 Stephen Trotter
1764 Stephen Ram
1776 Humphreys Ram
1781 William Ogilvie
1783 Richard Vowell
1790 Charles Stanley Monck John Toler
1798 William Domville Stanley Monck
1799 Joseph Mason Ormsby
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes

References

  1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 504

Bibliography

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