- Coleraine (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Coordinates: 55°07′55″N 6°40′05″W / 55.132°N 6.668°W
Coleraine
Former constituencyCreated Post-Union Coleraine Type Irish House of Commons Coleraine 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.
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History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Coleraine was not represented.[1] The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the Act of Union 1800.
Members of Parliament
- Henry Conyngham
- 1661–1668 Randal Beresford
1692–1801
Election First member First party Second member Second party 1689 Coleraine was not represented in the Patriot Parliament 1692 John Davys William Leslie 1695 Sir Arthur Langford, 2nd Bt Samuel Jackson September 1703 Richard Gorges [note 1] 1703 Thomas Pearce 1713 Frederick Hamilton George Lowther 1715 Sir Marcus Beresford, 4th Bt 1721 Francis Burton 1727 Henry Carey Thomas Jackson 1751 Richard Jackson 1757 Hamilton Gorges 1761 Lord La Poer 1763 George Paul Monck 1768 John Beresford [note 2] August 1768 Theophilus Jones 1776 Hon. Richard Annesley 1783 John Beresford [note 3] October 1783 Arthur Wolfe 1789 George Jackson John Beresford [note 4] 1791 George FitzGerald Hill 1795 William Domville Stanley Monck 1796 John Staunton Rochfort January 1798 Earl of Tyrone [note 5] John Beresford [note 6] 1798 John Beresford Walter Jones 1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Coleraine Notes
- ^ Also elected for Bandonbridge in 1703, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Waterford County in 1768, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Waterford County in 1783, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Waterford County in 1789, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Londonderry County in 1798, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Waterford County in 1798, for which he chose to sit
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 0788419277.
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons
Categories:- Coleraine
- Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
- Historic constituencies in County Londonderry
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