Duleek (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Duleek
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Meath
BoroughDuleek
–1801 (1801)
Replaced byDisfranchised

Duleek was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Members of Parliament

Election First MP Second MP
1661 Patrick Tallant Gabriel Bristow[1]
1662 Michael Jones
1689 Duleek was not represented in the Patriot Parliament[2]
1692 Sir Arthur Langford, 2nd Bt Andrew Ram
1695 Sir Charles Feilding
1698 Charles Wallis
1703 Robert Curtis
1713 Sir Thomas Smyth, 2nd Bt William Berry
1715 Thomas Trotter[note 1] Francis Harrison[note 2]
1716 Lord Frederick Howard
1727 Stephen Ram
1728 Nathaniel Clements
1747 Thomas Cooley
1755 Henry Monck
1761 Andrew Ram
1768 Richard Levinge Stephen Ram[note 3]
1769 Andrew Ram
1776 Edward Stopford
1783 Abel Ram
1790 William Knott Charles Montague Ormsby
1796 William Dalrymple
1798 Robert Rutledge
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes

  1. ^ Also elected for Old Leighlin in 1727, for which he chose to sit
  2. ^ Also elected for County Carlow in 1715, for which he chose to sit.
  3. ^ Also elected for Gorey in 1768, for which he chose to sit

References

  1. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 629.
  2. ^ 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.