Augher (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Appearance
54°27′50″N 7°10′08″W / 54.464°N 7.169°W
Augher | |
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Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Tyrone |
Borough | Augher |
1614 | –1801|
Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Augher was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until the Acts of Union 1800 came into force on 1 January 1801.
History
[edit]In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Augher was not represented.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1613–1801
[edit]Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1613 | Ralph Birchenshaw | Edward Skorye | ||||
1634 | Robert Meredyth | Sir James Erskine | ||||
1639 | Robert Byron | William Peasley, died and replaced in 1641 by Robert Martin |
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1661 | Henry Mervyn | Richard Palfrey | ||||
1689 | Augher was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | |||||
1692 | James Moutray | Archibald Richardson | ||||
1695 | Sir Thomas Pakenham | David Creighton | ||||
1703 | James Moutray | John Hamilton | ||||
1713 | William Balfour | Henry Mervyn | ||||
1727 | Richard Tighe | |||||
1737 | William Richardson | |||||
1739 | Richard Gorges | |||||
1755 | St George Richardson | |||||
1761 | William Montgomery | James Moutray | ||||
1768 | Robert Rochfort | |||||
1776 | George Hamilton | Sir William Fortick | ||||
October 1783 | William Richardson[note 1] | Henry Vaughan Brooke[note 2] | ||||
1783 | Samuel Hayes[note 3] | |||||
1790 | Thomas Coghlan | Edmond Stanley | ||||
1794 | John Stewart[note 4] | |||||
1798 | William Bailey | James Galbraith | ||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 504.
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.
- 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.