Newcastle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Newcastle
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Dublin
BoroughNewcastle
–1801 (1801)
Replaced byDisfranchised

Newcastle was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition in 1801.

Newcastle was enfranchised by James I. By the late eighteenth century it had 13 electors, all non-resident. The patronage of the borough was sold by Lord Lanesborough to David La Touche in the between 1776 and 1779, allegedly for £7,000.[1] The borough was disfranchised by the Acts of Union 1800, with effect from 1 January 1801, with £15,000 compensation paid under the will of David La Touche.[2]

Members of Parliament

  • 1613–1615 Sir William Parsons, 1st Baronet of Bellamont and William Rolles[3]
  • 1634–1635 Sir John Dongan and Patrick Sherlock[3]
  • 1639–1642 Sir John Dongan and Sir Henry Talbot (both expelled for non-attendance)[3]
  • 1642–1646 Edmond Keating (election declared void – replaced 1643 by Arthur Whyte)[4]
  • 1646–1649 Henry Kenny and Cosny Molloy[4]
  • 1661–1666 Peter Wybrant and Francis Paisley[4]

1689–1801

Election First member Second member
1689 Thomas Arthur John Talbot
1692 Richard Morris Daniel Reading
1695 John Tench Thomas Pooley
1703 Daniel Reading John South
1707 Daniel Reading
1711 Charles Monck
1713 Edward Deane
1715 Charles Monck
1726 Anthony Sheppard
1727 Robert Sandford James Coghill
1735 James Butler
1743 John Butler
1761 John FitzGibbon
1768 William Stewart
1776 Robert Gamble
1783 David La Touche John La Touche
1785 Thomas Whaley
1790 David La Touche David La Touche
January 1798 John La Touche[a]
1798 David La Touche
1801 Constituency disfranchised
Notes
  1. ^ Chose to sit for Harristown

References

  1. ^ Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800. Vol. II. p. 235. ISBN 978-1903688090.
  2. ^ Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary. "County Dublin". History of the Irish Parliament. Ulster Historical Foundation.
  3. ^ a b c McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641. Department of History (PhD thesis). Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206.
  4. ^ a b c Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 614.

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