Monaghan Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Monaghan
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Monaghan
BoroughMonaghan
 ()–1801 (1801)
Replaced byDisfranchised

Monaghan was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

Members of Parliament

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1613 Henry Colley Thomas Ryves[1]
1634 Richard Blayney Arthur Blayney[1]
1639 Arthur Culme William Cadogan[1]
1661 Thomas Vincent Joseph Fox[2]
1692 Charles Dering Edward Forde
1695 Robert Echlin
1703 Sir Thomas Prendergast Sir Richard Vernon
1710 Sir Alexander Cairnes
1713 Francis Lucas Richard Pockrich
1715 Hugh Willoughby
1727 Sir Alexander Cairnes
1733 Sir Henry Cairnes
1743 John Dawson
1747 William Blair Baptist Johnston
1753 Oliver Anketell
1761 William Henry Fortescue Richard Dawson
1767 Richard Power
1768 Robert Cuninghame
1771 Henry Westenra
1776 James Fortescue[3]
1777 Robert Dobson
October 1783 Thomas James Fortescue[3]
1783 Theophilus Jones[4]
1791 Cromwell Price
1796 Henry Westenra
January 1798 William Charles Fortescue[3]
1798 William Fortescue
1800 Faithful William Fortescue
1801 Constituency disenfranchised

References

  1. ^ a b c McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641". hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
  2. ^ Rushe, Denis Carolan (24 October 1895). "Historical sketches of Monaghan : from the earliest records to the Fenian movement". Dublin : J. Duffy – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ a b c Also returned for Co. Louth, for which he chose to sit
  4. ^ At the general election in 1790, he was also returned for Co. Leitrim, for which he chose to sit