Fore (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Fore was a constituency in County Westmeath represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1612 to 1800.
| Fore | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Fore was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament
- 1634–1635: Lucas Fitzgerald and Thomas Nugent (died 1634 and replaced by John Nugent) [2]
- 1639–1649: John Nugent (died 1647 and replaced by Oliver Walshe)
- 1661–1666: Sir Timothy Tyrrill of Buckinghamshire (absent/died and replaced 1662 by Charles Viscount Falkland. Falkland died and was replaced 1663 by John Forrest) and William Markham [3]
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | John Nugent | Christopher Nugent | ||||
| 1692 | John Adams | James Nugent | ||||
| 1695 | Walter Pollard | Thomas Smith | ||||
| 1713 | Viscount Tamworth | Denis Kelly | ||||
| 1715 | William Smyth | Patrick Fox | ||||
| November 1727 | Robert Perceval | Walter Nugent | ||||
| December 1727 | William Handcock | |||||
| 1741 | Richard Malone | |||||
| 1759 | Lord Delvin | |||||
| 1761 | Godfrey Lill | John Newenham | ||||
| 1768 | Thomas Eyre | John Armstrong | ||||
| 1772 | Benjamin Chapman | |||||
| 1776 | James FitzGerald | Cornelius O'Keefe | ||||
| 1780 | Lord Delvin | |||||
| 1783 | Gervase Parker Bushe | |||||
| 1790 | Stephen Francis William Fremantle | |||||
| 1792 | John Macartney | |||||
| 1794 | Richard Magenis | |||||
| January 1798 | Robert Ross [note 1] | Hon. Richard Annesley [note 2] | ||||
| March 1798 | Cromwell Price | Sir John Tydd, 1st Bt | ||||
| 1798 | John Staunton Rochfort | |||||
| 1800 | Thomas Burgh | |||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
- Also elected for Old Newry in 1798, for which he chose to sit
- Also elected for Blessington in 1798, for which he chose to sit
References
- O'Hart (2007), p. 504
- http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
- Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 636.
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 Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
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