| Clonmines | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Wexford |
| Borough | Clonmines |
| –1801 | |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Clonmines was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. It was a rotten borough associated with the deserted Norman borough of Clonmines, in southwest County Wexford.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Clonmines was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament
- 1634–1635: James Brien and John Cullen[2]
- 1639–1649: disenfranchised - no record[2]
- 1661–1666: Francis Harvey and John Edgeworth[2]
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Edward Sherlock | Nicholas White | ||||
| 1692 | Henry Loftus | Thomas Philips | ||||
| 1695 | Maurice Annesley | |||||
| 1703 | James Butler | Walter Bunbury | ||||
| 1713 | Nicholas Loftus | George Houghton | ||||
| 1715 | Philip Doyne | |||||
| November 1727 | Thomas Loftus | Henry Ponsonby[note 1] | ||||
| 1727 | Edward Corker | |||||
| 1734 | William Tighe | |||||
| 1761 | Henry Alcock | Charles Tottenham | ||||
| 1768 | Henry Loftus | |||||
| 1776 | Arthur Loftus | Charles Tottenham | ||||
| 1781 | Thomas Loftus[note 2] | |||||
| 1790 | Nicholas Loftus Tottenham | |||||
| 1791 | William Tankerville Chamberlain | |||||
| 1794 | Charles Eustace | |||||
| 1798 | Ponsonby Tottenham | Luke Fox | ||||
| 1799 | Henry Luttrell | |||||
| 1800 | Henry Eustace | |||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
- ^ Also elected for Inistioge in 1727, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Fethard (County Wexford) in 1790, for which he chose to sit
References
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 504.
- ^ a b c McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
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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