County Cavan was a constituency representing County Cavan in the Irish House of Commons, the lower house in the Irish Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland from 1611 to 1800.
| County Cavan | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Cavan |
| –1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Cavan (UKHC) |
Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.
History
editIn the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, County Cavan was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament
edit| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1585 | Philip Reilly | Edmund Reilly[2] | ||||
| 1613 | Sir Oliver Lambart | Sir John Fishe[2] | ||||
| 1634 | Sir Stephen Butler | Lucas Dillon[2] | ||||
| 1639 | Colonel Philip O'Reilly (expelled 1642) | Robert Bailey[2] | ||||
| 1661 | Sir Francis Hamilton, 3rd Baronet | Thomas Coote[3] | ||||
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Philip Reyley | John Reyly | ||||
| 1692 | Sir Francis Hamilton, 3rd Bt | Robert Saunderson[a] | ||||
| 1697 | Francis White | |||||
| 1703 | Theophilus Butler | |||||
| 1713 | Robert Saunderson | |||||
| 1715 | Mervyn Pratt | Brockhill Newburgh | ||||
| 1727 | Charles Coote I | John Maxwell | ||||
| 1751 | Hon. Brinsley Butler[b] | |||||
| 1756 | Hon. Barry Maxwell | |||||
| 1761 | Charles Coote II | |||||
| 1766 | William Stewart | |||||
| 1768 | Hon. Barry Maxwell | George Montgomery | Patriot | |||
| 1780 | Hon. John James Maxwell | |||||
| 1783 | Charles Stewart | |||||
| 1788 | John Maxwell[c] | |||||
| 1788 | Francis Saunderson | |||||
| 1793 | Viscount Maxwell | |||||
| 1800 | Nathaniel Sneyd | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Cavan | |||||
- Notes
Elections
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hon. Brinsley Butler | 506 | ||||
| Charles Coote II | 466 | ||||
| George Montgomery | 436 | ||||
| Hon. Barry Maxwell | 467 | ||||
References
edit- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
- ^ a b c d McGrath, Bríd (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 607.
- ^ "County Cavan".
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.