Belturbet (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Belturbet 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.
of 1689 summoned by King James II
, Belturbet was represented with two members.
Irish House of Commons
The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...
from 1611 to 1800.
Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.
History
In the Patriot ParliamentPatriot Parliament
The Patriot Parliament is the name given to the session of the Irish Parliament called by King James II of Ireland during the War of the Two Kings in 1689. The parliament met in one session, from 7 May 1689 to 20 July 1689, and was the only session of the Irish Parliament under King James II.The...
of 1689 summoned by King James II
James II of England
James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...
, Belturbet was represented with two members.
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1689 Patriot Parliament Patriot Parliament The Patriot Parliament is the name given to the session of the Irish Parliament called by King James II of Ireland during the War of the Two Kings in 1689. The parliament met in one session, from 7 May 1689 to 20 July 1689, and was the only session of the Irish Parliament under King James II.The... |
Sir Edward Tyrrell, 1st Bt | Philip Tuite | ||||
| 1692 | Francis Butler | John Warburton | ||||
| 1703 | Richard Tighe | Thomas Taylor Created a baronet in 1704 | ||||
| 1713 | Theophilus Butler | Brinsley Butler | ||||
| 1715 | Charles Delafaye | |||||
| 1725 | Hon. Humphrey Butler Humphrey Butler, 1st Earl of Lanesborough Humphrey Butler, 1st Earl of Lanesborough was an Irish politician.Butler was appointed High Sheriff for County Cavan in 1727. Between 1725 and 1736, he sat as a Member of Parliament for Belturbet in the Irish House of Commons. When the Grand Lodge of Ireland was established in c. 1723, he was... |
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| 1727 | Thomas Butler | |||||
| 1736 | Robert Butler | |||||
| 1755 | John Cramer | |||||
| 1761 | John Butler Also elected for Down Down (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Down was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-History:In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Down was represented with two members.-1689–1801:... in 1715, for which he chose to sit |
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| 1761 | John Cramer Changed surname to Croghill in 1775 | |||||
| 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 Copinger | ||||
| 1798 | Charles King | Thomas Townsend Thomas Townsend Thomas Stewart Townsend was an Irish Anglican bishop in the Church of Ireland in the 19th century. He wasHe became Bishop of Meath in 1850. and died in post in Malaga on 16 September 1852. His Times obituary noted that “by his death the system of national education has lost an earnest... |
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| 1800 | Blayney Townley-Balfour | |||||
| 1801 United Kingdom general election, 1801 The United Kingdom general election, 1801 was not an election as such, but the co-option of members to serve in the first Parliament to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801... |
Disenfranchised | |||||