New Ross (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| New Ross | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Wexford |
| Borough | New Ross |
| –1801 | |
| Replaced by | New Ross |
New Ross was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
Members of Parliament
- 1376:[1] William Rykyll and William Seymor were elected to come to England to consult with the king and council about the government of Ireland and about an aid for the king.
- 1560: Nicholas Heron and William Dormer[2]
- 1585: Jasper Duff and William Bennett[2]
- 1613–1615: Matthew Shee and James FitzHenry[2]
- 1634–1635: Nicholas Dormer and Peter Rothe[3]
- 1639–1649: Nicholas Dormer (expelled 1642) and Chichester Brook (expelled 1642)[2]
- 1661–1666: Sir Thomas Dancer, 1st Baronet and Henry Nicholls[4]
1689–1801
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | Luke Dormer | Richard Butler | ||||
| 1692 | Thomas Crawford | Sir Robert Doyne | ||||
| 1695 | Francis Annesley | |||||
| 1703 | Hon. Arthur Annesley | Tory | ||||
| 1707 | Amyas Bushe | |||||
| 1711 | Jeffrey Paul[5] | |||||
| 1713 | Edward Jones | |||||
| 1715 | Thomas Meredyth | Tory | Edward Worth | |||
| 1727 | Charles Tottenham | John Leigh | ||||
| October 1759 | Robert Leigh | |||||
| November 1759 | John Tottenham | |||||
| 1761 | Charles Tottenham | |||||
| 1768 | Charles Tottenham | |||||
| 1801 | Replaced by Westminster constituency of New Ross | |||||
References
- ^ (Clarke 1932–34, p. 126)
- ^ a b c d McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641. Department of History (PhD thesis). Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206.
- ^ McGrath, Bríd. "A fragment of the Minute Book of the Corporation of New Ross, 1635" – via www.academia.edu.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 638.
- ^ At the general election in 1713 he was also returned for Co. Carlow, for which he chose to sit
- 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.
- Clarke, Maude V. (1932–34). "William of Windsor in Ireland, 1369-1376". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature. 41: 55–130. JSTOR 25515963.