Dublin City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Dublin City | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Dublin |
| Borough | Dublin |
| 1264–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Dublin City (UKHC) |
Dublin City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition in 1801.
History
[edit]Dublin City had an electorate of between three and four thousand, making it the largest of the county-borough constituencies. In the 1760s the radical politician Charles Lucas used the seat as his political base.[1]
It was succeeded by the Westminster constituency of Dublin City in 1801, remaining as a two-seat constituency.[2]
Members of Parliament, 1264–1801
[edit]- 1557 James Stanihurst (speaker)[3]
- 1560 James Stanihurst (speaker) and Robert Golding[3]
- 1569 James Stanihurst (speaker)[3]
- 1585 George Taylor and Nicholas Ball[3]
- 1613-1615 Richard Bolton and Richard Barry[3]
- 1634-1635 Richard Barry and Nathaniel Catelyn Speaker[3]
- 1639–1649 Richard Barry and John Bysse[3]
- 1654–55: Daniel Hutchinson
- 1656–58: Richard Tighe
- 1659: Arthur Annesley
- 1661–1666 William Smith and Sir William Davys[4]
1689–1801
[edit]| Election | First MP | Second MP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689[5] | Sir Michael Creagh | Terence MacDermott | ||||
| 1692 | Thomas Coote | Sir Michael Mitchell | ||||
| 1695 | William Handcock | Sir John Rogerson | ||||
| 1703 | John Forster | Whig | Benjamin Burton | Whig | ||
| 1715 | John Rogerson | |||||
| 1727 | Samuel Burton | William Howard | ||||
| 1728 | John Stoyte | |||||
| 1729 | James Somerville[a] | |||||
| 1733 | Humphrey French | |||||
| 1737 | Nathaniel Pearson | |||||
| 1749 | James Digges La Touche[b] | |||||
| 1749 | Charles Burton[c] | Sir Samuel Cooke, 1st Bt | ||||
| 1758 | James Dunn | |||||
| 1761 | James Grattan | Charles Lucas | Radical/Patriot | |||
| 1767 | Marquess of Kildare | Patriot | ||||
| 1771 | William Clement | |||||
| 1773 | Redmond Morres | |||||
| 1776 | Sir Samuel Bradstreet, 3rd Bt | Independent | ||||
| 1782 | Travers Hartley | |||||
| 1784 | Nathaniel Warren | |||||
| 1790 | Lord Henry FitzGerald | Patriot | Henry Grattan | Patriot | ||
| 1797 | Arthur Wolfe | John Claudius Beresford | ||||
| July 1798 | George Ogle | Whig | ||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Dublin City | |||||
- Notes
Elections
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriot | Henry Grattan | 1695 | |||
| Patriot | Lord Henry FitzGerald | 1695 | |||
| Pro-Government | Lord Mayor John Exshaw | 836 | |||
| Pro-Government | Alderman Henry Gore Sankey | 776 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary. "County Dublin". History of the Irish Parliament. Ulster Historical Foundation.
- ^ Jupp, P. J. (1986). "Dublin". In Thorne, R. (ed.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820.
- ^ a b c d e f g 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.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 614.
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
- ^ Grattan, Henry (1841). Memoirs of the Life and Times of the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan, Volume 3. H. Colburn. p. 463.
Bibliography
[edit]- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
- 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.