Lifford (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Lifford was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Lifford
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Donegal
BoroughLifford
 () ( ())–1801 (1801)
Replaced byDisfranchised

Members of Parliament

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Election First member First party Second member Second party
1613 Francis Blundell William Disney
July 1634 Roger Mainwaring[note 1] Jerome Alexander
October 1634 Matthew Mainwaring
1639 William Wandesford Robert Nettleton
1661 Edward Tarleton Hugh Berkeley
1692 Hugh Hamill John Montgomery
1698 Robert King
1703 David Creighton
1709 Robert King
1711 Michael Sampson
1719 Richard Hamilton
1727 Abraham Creighton
1729 Thomas Montgomery
1761 John Creighton
1768 Abraham Creighton
1773 James Cavendish
1776 Sir Nicholas Lawless
1789 Edward Cooke
1790 Viscount Creighton
1798 John Creighton
1801 Disenfranchised
  1. ^ Also elected for Banagher, for which he chose to sit.

References

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  • Return of Members of Parliament (1878), vol. ii, p. 611.
  • 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.