| Cavan | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1611 |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Cavan Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.
Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.
Boundaries and Boundary Changes
This constituency was the borough of Cavan in County Cavan.
History
It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1611 to 1800. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Cavan Borough was represented with two members.[1] The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the Act of Union 1800.
Members of Parliament, 1611–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1613 | Hugh Culme | George Seaton | ||||
| 1614 | Walter Brady | Thomas Brady | ||||
| 1634 | Brockhill Taylor | Alan Cooke | ||||
| 1639 | Alan Cooke | Edward Lake (expelled 1640) | ||||
| Interregnum | Irish MPs sat in the Parliament of the Protectorate | |||||
| 1661 | William Moore | Thomas Ashe | ||||
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Philip Og O'Reilly | Hugh Reily | ||||
| 1692 | Thomas Ashe | Robert Saunders | ||||
| 1709 | Joseph Addison | |||||
| 1713 | Charles Lambart | Theophilus Clements | ||||
| 1715 | Thomas Nesbitt | |||||
| 1729 | Henry Clements | |||||
| 1745 | Robert Clements | |||||
| 1747 | Edward Weston | |||||
| 1750 | Cosby Nesbitt | |||||
| 1761 | Nathaniel Clements[note 1] | |||||
| 1768 | Thomas Nesbitt | |||||
| 1769 | Henry Theophilus Clements | |||||
| 1776 | Nathaniel Clements[note 2] | |||||
| 1777 | John Clements | |||||
| 1783 | Henry Theophilus Clements | |||||
| 1790 | Lord Charles James FitzGerald | |||||
| 1798 | Viscount Clements[note 3] | |||||
| 1798 | George Cavendish | |||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
References
- ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 501
Bibliography
- 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 Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.