New Ross (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
New Ross was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
| New Ross | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Wexford |
| Borough | New Ross |
| –1801 | |
| Replaced by | New Ross |
Members of Parliament
- 1560: Nicholas Heron and William Dormer[1]
- 1585: Jasper Duff and William Bennett[1]
- 1613–1615: Matthew Shee and James FitzHenry[1]
- 1634–1635: Nicholas Dormer and Peter Rothe[2]
- 1639–1649: Nicholas Dormer (expelled 1642) and Chichester Brook (expelled 1642)[1]
- 1661–1666: Sir Thomas Dancer, 1st Baronet and Henry Nicholls[3]
1689–1801
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Luke Dormer | Richard Butler | ||||
| 1692 | Thomas Crawford | Sir Robert Doyne | ||||
| 1695 | Francis Annesley | |||||
| 1703 | Hon. Arthur Annesley | Tory | ||||
| 1707 | Amyas Bushe | |||||
| 1711 | Jeffrey Paul[4] | |||||
| 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
- McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- 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.
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