Meath (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Meath was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
Meath | |
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Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | |
Abolished | 1800 |
Replaced by | Meath |
Members of Parliament
- 1370 (Dublin): James de la Hyde and John Fitz John[1][2]
- 1370 (Kilkenny): Simon Cusak and John ____[1]
- 1374 Sir Richard Plunkett
- 1378 John Freignes (amerced of 100 marks for non-attendance)[3]
- 1560 Sir Christopher Cheevers and Patrick Barnewall of Crickston [4]
- 1585 Richard Barnewall of Crickstown and John Netterville of Dowth [4]
- 1613 Robert Barnewall of Robertstown and Patrick Hussey, 13th Baron Galtrim [4]
- 1634–1635 Nicholas Plunkett and Patrick Hussey, 13th Baron Galtrim [4]
- 1639–1642 Sir Richard Barnewall, 2nd Baronet (expelled) and Nicholas Plunkett (expelled) [4]
- 1642–1649 Sir John Temple and Thomas Ashe [4]
- 1661 Sir Robert Forth and Sir Theophilus Jones [5]
1689–1801
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | Sir William Talbot, 3rd Baronet | Sir Patrick Barnewall, 3rd Baronet | ||||
1692 | Charles Meredyth | John Osborne | ||||
1695 | Sir John Dillon | Thomas Bligh | ||||
1709 | John Preston | |||||
1711 | Garret Wesley | |||||
1715 | James Napper | |||||
1719 | Peter Ludlow | |||||
1733 | James Lenox Napper [fn 1] | |||||
1751 | Arthur Francis Meredyth | |||||
1761 | Hercules Langford Rowley | Gorges Lowther | ||||
1792 | Hamilton Gorges | |||||
1794 | Thomas Taylour, Viscount Headfort | |||||
1795 | Hon. Clotworthy Taylor [fn 2] | |||||
1800 | Marcus Somerville | |||||
1801 | Succeeded by Westminster constituency Meath |
Notes
- from 1743 James Napper-Dutton
- from 1796 Hon. Clotworthy Rowley
References
- 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.
Citations
- Butler, Richard (1840). Some Notices of the Castle and of the Abbies and other religious houses at Trim. Collected from various authorities. With a plate. MS. notes. H. Griffith. p. 34. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- Lynch, William (1830). A view of the legal institutions, honorary hereditary offices, and feudal baronies, established in Ireland during the reign of Henry the Second: deduced from court rolls, inquisitions, and other original records. p. 61. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- "Close Roll 1 Richard II No.102". CIRCLE. Trinity College, Dublin. March 1378. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
- Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 628.
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