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| Clogher | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Tyrone |
| Borough | Clogher |
| 1264–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Clogher was a borough constituency in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It represented the "city" of Clogher in County Tyrone. The city, actually no more than a village, gained its importance as the site of the cathedral of the Church of Ireland diocese of Clogher. The constituency was a rotten borough in the gift of the bishop. When the constituency was disestablished, bishop John Porter's claim for £15,000 compensation was disallowed.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1264–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1613 | George Watkins | William Ferrar | ||||
| 1634 | Sir Henry Spotteswood | Edward Ascough | ||||
| 1639 | George Wandesford | Henry Mannings | ||||
| 1661 | Edward Cook | Matthew Draper, died and repl. 1661 by John Paine |
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| 1689 | Clogher was not represented in the Patriot Parliament[2] | |||||
| 1692 | Edward Davis | John Rogerson[note 1] | ||||
| August 1695 | William Wolseley[note 2] | Richard Johnston | ||||
| 1695 | Henry Tenison[note 3] | |||||
| 1696 | Sir Robert Staples, 4th Bt | |||||
| 1703 | Richard St George | Henry St George | ||||
| 1713 | Thomas Ashe | |||||
| 1723 | James Coghill | |||||
| 1727 | Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt | Silvester Crosse | ||||
| 1731 | Walter Carey[note 4] | |||||
| 1733 | Richard Vincent | |||||
| 1757 | Nehemiah Nixon Donnellan | |||||
| 1761 | Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Bt | Samuel Lowe | ||||
| 1765 | William Moore | |||||
| 1768 | John Staples | |||||
| 1776 | Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Bt | Thomas St George | ||||
| 1783 | Sackville Hamilton | |||||
| 1785 | John Francis Cradock | |||||
| 1790 | Richard Townsend Herbert | |||||
| 1795 | Hon. Thomas Pelham | |||||
| January 1798 | Sir John Tydd, 1st Bt | Thomas Burgh | ||||
| 1798 | Jonah Barrington | Irish Patriot | ||||
| January 1800 | William Gardiner[note 5] | Hon. Richard Annesley[note 5] | ||||
| March 1800 | John King | Charles Ball | ||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
- ^ Knighted in 1693
- ^ Also elected for Longford Borough in 1695, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for County Monaghan in 1695, for which he chose to sit.
- ^ Also spelt 'Cary'
- ^ a b Declared not duly elected in 1800
References
- ^ Gale, Peter (1834). "Appendix XXIV". An inquiry into the ancient corporate system of Ireland. London: Richard Bentley. pp. clxiv.
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
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.
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