Kildare Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Kildare Borough | |
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Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | |
| Abolished | 1801 |
| Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Kildare Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Kildare Borough was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament
Parliaments of Charles I
- 1634 Christopher Wandesford
- 1634 Sir Richard Kennedy, 1st Baronet
- 1639 Christopher Wandesford
- 1639 Sir Richard Kennedy, 1st Baronet
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Francis Leigh | Robert Porter | ||||
| 1692 | Thomas Medlycott | Francis Robartes | ||||
| August 1695 | William Palmer [note 1] | |||||
| 1695 | John Davys | |||||
| 1703 | Thomas Jones | Richard Locke | ||||
| 1715 | James Barry | Maurice Keating [note 2] | ||||
| 1716 | Richard Warren | |||||
| 1725 | Maurice Keating | |||||
| 1727 | Robert Dixon | |||||
| 1732 | John Digby | |||||
| 1735 | Robert Downes | |||||
| 1755 | Robert Harman | |||||
| May 1761 | Edward Sandford [note 3] | Henry Sandford | ||||
| 1761 | Garret FitzGerald | |||||
| 1768 | Marquess of Kildare [note 4] | Patriot | Maurice Keating | |||
| 1769 | Simon Digby | Joseph Henry | ||||
| 1776 | Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt | |||||
| 1783 | Lord Henry FitzGerald | Patriot | ||||
| 1790 | Robert Graydon | |||||
| 1796 | Jones Harrison | |||||
| 1798 | James FitzGerald | Patriot | Brydges Trecothic Henniker | |||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
- ↑ Also elected for Castlebar in 1695, for which he chose to sit
- ↑ Declared not duly elected in 1715
- ↑ Also elected for Harristown in 1761, for which he chose to sit
- ↑ Also elected for Dublin City in 1768, for which he chose to sit
References
- ↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 502
Bibliography
- 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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