Charleville was a constituency in County Cork represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
| Charleville | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Cork |
| Borough | Charleville |
| 1673–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
History
editThe town of Charleville was named after Charles II. It was enfranchised in 1673, with a sovereign, 12 burgesses and freemen. It belonged to the Earl of Orrery, a branch of the Boyle family. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Charleville was represented with two members.[1] At the end of the 18th Century the constituency was controlled by the Earl of Shannon and the Earl of Cork who each nominated one member. The compensation of £15,000 for the loss of the seats in the Acts of Union 1800 was divided equally between them.
Members of Parliament, 1673–1801
edit1689–1801
edit| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | John Baggot | John Power | ||||
| 1692 | Henry Boreman | George Crofts[note 1] | ||||
| 1695 | Hon. Charles Boyle | John Ormsby | ||||
| 1703 | George Evans | Robert FitzGerald | ||||
| 1713 | Sir Matthew Deane, 3rd Bt | Brettridge Badham | ||||
| 1715 | George Evans | William Boyle | ||||
| 1721 | Henry Purdon | |||||
| 1725 | James O'Brien | |||||
| 1727 | John Lysaght | Price Hartstonge | ||||
| 1744 | Edward Barry | |||||
| 1759 | Viscount Dungarvon | |||||
| 1761 | Robert Barry | Richard Longfield | ||||
| 1768 | James Lysaght | |||||
| 1776 | Richard Cox | Thomas Warren | ||||
| October 1783 | Rogerson Cotter | John Bennett[note 2] | ||||
| 1783 | Richard St George | |||||
| 1790 | Sir John Blaquiere, 1st Bt | |||||
| 1798 | Charles Boyle | |||||
| 1800 | George Nugent | |||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
edit- ^ Expelled in October 1692
- ^ Also elected for Castlemartyr in 1783, for which he chose to sit
References
edit- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
Bibliography
edit- 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.
- Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800., Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4,[1]
- Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press ISBN 1-84682-030-8,
- 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.