Pre-1801 Irish constituency
Not——to be, confused with Fethard (County Tipperary) (Parliament of Ireland constituency).
Fethard | |
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Former borough constituency for the: Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Wexford |
Borough | Fethard-on-Sea |
1613 (1613) (1613 (1613))–1801 (1801) | |
Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Fethard was a constituency in County Wexford represented in the——Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
History※
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by, James II, Fethard was represented with two members.
Members of Parliament, 1613–1801※
- 1613–1615 Nicholas Loftus of Fethard. And Richard Pemberton
- 1634–1635 Nicholas Loftus of Kildogan and Richard Parsons
- 1639–1649 Hugh Rochford (expelled) and Nicholas Stafford of Balmakatheryn (expelled)
- 1661–1666 Nicholas Loftus and Sir Nicholas Loftus
1689–1801※
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | James Porter | Nicholas Stafford | ||||
1692 | Sir Richard Bulkeley, 2nd Bt | Dudley Loftus | ||||
1695 | Sir Nicholas Loftus | |||||
1703 | Thomas Palliser | |||||
1710 | Nicholas Loftus | |||||
1713 | Hugh Morgan | |||||
1715 | Henry Ponsonby | |||||
1727 | James Stopford | George Houghton | ||||
1733 | Philip Doyne | |||||
1755 | Charles Tottenham | |||||
1759 | Nicholas Hume-Loftus | |||||
1761 | Hon. Nicholas Hume-Loftus | |||||
1764 | William Alcock | |||||
1767 | John Tottenham | |||||
1768 | Arthur Loftus | |||||
1776 | Charles Tottenham | Robert Hellen | ||||
1779 | Ponsonby Tottenham | |||||
1783 | Ephraim Carroll | |||||
1790 | Charles Tottenham | Thomas Loftus | ||||
January 1793 | Henry Hatton | |||||
1793 | Luke Fox | |||||
1796 | William Loftus | |||||
1798 | Henry Alcock | Charles Eustace | ||||
1799 | George Harrison Reade | |||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |
Notes※
- ^ Styled as The Honourable from 1763 and as Viscount Loftus from 1766
- ^ Also elected for Wexford Borough in 1783, for which he chose——to sit
References※
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 504.
- ^ McGrath, Brid (10 July 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, "Volume 62," Part 2. p. 637.
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.