| County Kerry | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Kerry |
| ?–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Kerry |
County Kerry was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. Following the Act of Union 1800 the county retained two seats.
Boundaries and boundary changes
This constituency was based in County Kerry.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Kerry was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament
- 1585–1586: John Fitzgerald and Thomas Spring[2]
- 1613–1615: Daniel O'Sullivan Beare and Stephen Rice of Ballyruddell[2]
- 1634–1635: John FitzGerald[3] and Walter Crosbie[4] and Sir Valentine Browne[2]
- 1639–1649: Sir Valentine Browne (died 1640 and replaced by Maurice Fitzgerald) and Sir Edward Denny[2]
- 1654: Sir Hardress Waller; Henry Ingoldsby (First Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
- 1656: Sir Hardress Waller; Henry Ingoldsby (Second Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
- 1659: Sir Hardress Waller; Henry Ingoldsby (Third Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
- 1661–1666: Captain John Blennerhassett, snr and Arthur Denny[5]
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Nicholas Brown | Sir Thomas Crosbie | ||||
| 1692 | Edward Denny | Hon. Thomas FitzMaurice | ||||
| 1697 | William Sandes | |||||
| 1703 | Edward Denny | John Blennerhassett | ||||
| 1709 | John Blennerhassett | |||||
| 1713 | Sir Maurice Crosbie | |||||
| 1715 | John Blennerhassett | |||||
| 1727 | Arthur Denny | |||||
| 1743 | Hon. John FitzMaurice | |||||
| 1751 | John Blennerhassett | |||||
| 1759 | Lancelot Crosbie | |||||
| 1761 | Viscount FitzMaurice | John Blennerhassett | ||||
| 1762 | John Blennerhassett | |||||
| 1763 | Thomas Fitzmaurice | |||||
| 1768 | Barry Denny | |||||
| 1775 | Arthur Blennerhassett | |||||
| 1776 | Rowland Bateman | |||||
| 1783 | Sir Barry Denny, 1st Bt | Richard Townsend Herbert | ||||
| 1790 | John Blennerhassett | |||||
| May 1794 | John Gustavus Crosbie | |||||
| July 1794 | Sir Barry Denny, 2nd Bt | |||||
| 1795 | Maurice FitzGerald | |||||
| 1798 | James Crosbie | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kerry | |||||
References
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
- ^ a b c d McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- ^ McGrath, Bríd (2017). "Sex, lies and rigged returns – the Kerry county parliamentary election of 11 June 1634 and its consequences". Parliaments, Estates and Representation. 37 (3): 241–255. doi:10.1080/02606755.2017.1373909. S2CID 149115081.
- ^ The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland; Or, The Ancient and ..., Volume 3. p. 154.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.
Bibliography
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
- Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4, and online History of the Irish Parliament Online – Ulster Historical Foundation
- T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534–1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
- 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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