Charlemont (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

54.468°N 6.684°W / 54.468; -6.684

Charlemont
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Armagh
BoroughCharlemont
1613 (1613) (1613 (1613))–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byDisfranchised

Charlemont was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland, from 1613 to 1800.

It represented Charlemont, County Armagh, an important military post since the founding of Charlemont Fort in 1602.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Charlemont was not represented.[1] It was disenfranchised under the Acts of Union 1800.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

  • 1613–1315 Sir Edward Moore and Faithful Fortescue[2]
  • 1634–1635 Chichester Fortescue and Hon Arthur Moore[2]
  • 1639–1649 John Marten and Henry Brome[2]
  • 1661–1666 Thomas Caulfeild[3] and Thomas Howard (died and replaced 1665 by Sir Michael Appelyard)[2]

1689–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689 Charlemont was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692 Richard Gorges William Stewart
1695 Stephen Ludlow Edward Riley
1703 Hon. John Caulfeild Hon. James Caulfeild
1705 John Davys
1707 George Dodington
1713 Hon. James Caulfeild Andrew Lloyd
1715 Humphrey May
1723 John Caulfeild
1727 John Moore
1752 Thomas Adderley
1761 Francis Caulfeild Henry William Moore
1763 Annesley Stewart[lower-alpha 1]
1775 Henry Grattan Patriot
1790 Richard Sheridan
1794 Richard Mountney Jephson
January 1798 Viscount Caulfield[lower-alpha 2]
1798 William Conyngham Plunket
1798 Francis Dobbs Patriot
1801 Disenfranchised
Notes
  1. Succeeded as 6th Baronet in 1769.
  2. Also elected for County Armagh in 1798, for which he chose to sit.

References

  1. O'Hart 2007, p. 500.
  2. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 606.
  3. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Volume 1. p. 198.

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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