Belturbet (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Belturbet was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.

Belturbet
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Cavan
BoroughBelturbet
1614 (1614) (1614 (1614))–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byDisfranchised

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Belturbet was represented with two members.[1]

Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote. It was in the control of the Earl of Lanesborough.[2] The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the Acts of Union 1800.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801
  • 1613–1615 Sir Hugh Wirrall and George Grimesditch[3]
  • 1634–1635 Sir Arthur Blundell and Sir William Ryves
  • 1639–1649 John Borlase, later Lord Justice of Ireland[4] and Richard Ashe (expelled 1642)
  • 1661–1666 Stephen Butler (died and replaced 1662 by Francis Butler) and Thomas Warsopp

1689–1801
ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689 Patriot Parliament Sir Edward Tyrrell, 1st Bt Philip Tuite
1692 Francis Butler John Warburton
1703 Richard Tighe Thomas Taylor[lower-alpha 1]
1713 Theophilus Butler Brinsley Butler
1715 Charles Delafaye
1725 Hon. Humphrey Butler
1727 Thomas Butler
1736 Robert Butler
1755 John Cramer
1761 John Butler[lower-alpha 2]
1761 John Cramer[lower-alpha 3]
1763 Edward Tighe
1768 George Glover
1771 Robert Birch
1776 Charles Francis Sheridan
1783 Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Bt David La Touche
1790 John McClintock Maurice Coppinger
1798 Charles King Thomas Townsend
1800 Blayney Townley Balfour
1801 Disenfranchised
Notes
  1. Created a baronet in 1704.
  2. Also elected for County Down in 1715, for which he chose to sit.
  3. Changed surname to Croghill in 1775.

References
  1. O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
  2. "Belturbet". Ulster Historical Foundation. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  3. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 608.
  4. Terry Clavin, 'Borlase, Sir John (c. 1576 – c. 1648)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006

Bibliography
  • 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.

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