County Westmeath (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Appearance
County Westmeath | |
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Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Westmeath |
? | –1801|
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Westmeath (UKHC) |
County Westmeath was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until the Act of Union in 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote. Under the terms of the Act of Union 1800, it was succeeded by the Westminter constituency of County Westmeath.
Members of Parliament
[edit]It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland.
- 1560
- 1585
- 1613–1615
- 1634–1635
- Sir James Dillon[1]
- 1639–1649
- 1661–1666
- William Handcock[1]
- Thomas Longe[1]
1689–1801
[edit]Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | William Nugent | Hon Col. Henry Dillon | ||||
1692 | Dillon Pollard | Robert Rochfort | ||||
1695 | George Peyton | |||||
1703 | William Handcock | |||||
1707 | George Rochfort | |||||
1707 | John Cooke | |||||
1713 | Edward Pakenham | |||||
1715 | John Wood | |||||
1721 | William Handcock | |||||
1723 | Richard Levinge[2] | |||||
1727 | George Rochfort | Anthony Malone | ||||
1731 | Robert Rochfort | |||||
1738 | Arthur Rochfort | |||||
1761 | George Rochfort, Viscount Belfield | Richard Rochfort | ||||
1768 | Anthony Malone | |||||
1776 | Robert Rochfort | Benjamin Chapman[3] | ||||
1783 | Richard Malone | |||||
1784 | William Smyth | |||||
1798 | Gustavus Hume Rochfort | |||||
1801 | Replaced by Westminster constituency Westmeath |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2006). MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800. Ulster Historical Foundation. ISBN 1-903688-60-4.
- 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.