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Dunleer (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Dunleer
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Louth
BoroughDunleer
1679 (1679) (1679 (1679))–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byDisfranchised

Dunleer was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.

History

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In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Dunleer was not represented.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1679–1801

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1689–1801

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Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Dunleer was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692 Robert Aylway Blayney Townley
1703 Stephen Ludlow
1713 Peter Ludlow
1715 Stephen Ludlow Richard Tenison
1721 William Aston
1725 Edward Moore
1727 Francis North William Tenison
1728 Thomas Tennison
1738 Anthony Foster
1761 John Foster[note 1]
1762 Dixie Coddington
1769 Robert Sibthorpe
1776 John Thomas Foster William Thomas Monsell
1783 John William Foster Henry Coddington
1790 Nicholas Coddington Hon. John Foster
1793 Hon. Thomas Henry Skeffington
1798 Henry Coddington
1800 Quintin Dick
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes

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  1. ^ Also elected for County Louth in 1768, for which he chose to sit.

References

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  1. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.

Bibliography

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  • 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.