Boyle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Boyle
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1614 (1614)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Boyle was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.

History

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

Members of Parliament, 1614–1801

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	John King	Terence MacDermott
1692	William Handcock	Stephen Ludlow
1695	Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Bt	John King ^{[note 1]}
1703	Sir Robert King, 1st Bt
1707	Henry King ^{[note 2]}
1715	Henry King ^{[note 2]}	Robert Sandford
1727	Arthur French	Richard Wingfield
1743		Sir Robert King, 4th Bt
1749		Edward King ^{[note 3]}
1761	Henry King	Benjamin Burton
1763		Richard FitzGerald
1776		Viscount Kingsborough
October 1783		Peter Metge ^{[note 4]}
1783		Robert Boyd
1790		Laurence Harman Harman ^{[note 5]}
1792		Thomas Tenison
1797		Viscount Kingsborough ^{[note 6]}
January 1798		Hon. Robert Edward King
1801	Disenfranchised

Notes

↑ Succeeded as 2nd Baronet in 1707
↑ Succeeded as 3rd Baronet in 1720
↑ Succeeded as 5th Baronet in 1755
↑ Also elected for Ratoath in 1783, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also elected for Longford County in 1790, for which he chose to sit
↑ Elected, but never took his seat

References

↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 503

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.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Roscommon

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Athlone (1607–1800) Boyle (1614–1800) Tulsk (1643–1800) Roscommon Borough (1611–1800) Roscommon County (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Roscommon (1801–85) North Roscommon (1885–1922) South Roscommon (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Leitrim–Roscommon North (1921–23) Mayo South–Roscommon South (1921–23) Roscommon (1923–69, 1981–92) Roscommon–Leitrim (1969–81) Longford–Roscommon (1992–2007) Roscommon–South Leitrim (2007–16) Roscommon–Galway (2016–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004) North-West (2004–14) Midlands–North-West (2014–)

Irish counties: Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

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