Coleraine (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Coordinates: 55°07′55″N 6°40′05″W / 55.132°N 6.668°W
| Coleraine | |
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Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Replaced by | Coleraine |
Coleraine was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Coleraine was not represented.[1] The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the Act of Union 1800.
Members of Parliament
- 1661–1668 Randal Beresford
1692–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | Coleraine was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | |||||
| 1692 | John Davys | William Leslie | ||||
| 1695 | Sir Arthur Langford, 2nd Bt | Samuel Jackson | ||||
| September 1703 | Richard Gorges [note 1] | |||||
| 1703 | Thomas Pearce | |||||
| 1713 | Frederick Hamilton | Whig | George Lowther | Whig | ||
| 1715 | Sir Marcus Beresford, 4th Bt | Whig | ||||
| 1721 | Francis Burton | |||||
| 1727 | Henry Carey | Thomas Jackson | ||||
| 1751 | Richard Jackson | |||||
| 1757 | Hamilton Gorges | |||||
| 1761 | Lord La Poer | |||||
| 1763 | George Paul Monck | |||||
| 1768 | John Beresford [note 2] | |||||
| August 1768 | Theophilus Jones | |||||
| 1776 | Hon. Richard Annesley | |||||
| 1783 | John Beresford [note 3] | |||||
| October 1783 | Arthur Wolfe | |||||
| 1789 | George Jackson | John Beresford [note 4] | ||||
| 1791 | George FitzGerald Hill | |||||
| 1795 | William Domville Stanley Monck | |||||
| 1796 | John Staunton Rochfort | |||||
| January 1798 | Earl of Tyrone [note 5] | John Beresford [note 6] | ||||
| 1798 | John Beresford | Walter Jones | ||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Coleraine | |||||
Notes
- ↑ Also elected for Bandonbridge in 1703, for which he chose to sit
- ↑ Also elected for Waterford County in 1768, for which he chose to sit
- ↑ Also elected for Waterford County in 1783, for which he chose to sit
- ↑ Also elected for Waterford County in 1789, for which he chose to sit
- ↑ Also elected for Londonderry County in 1798, for which he chose to sit
- ↑ Also elected for Waterford County in 1798, for which he chose to sit
References
- ↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 501
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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