Carlow Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Carlow Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons
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...

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Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was the borough
Parliamentary borough
Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...

 of Carlow
Carlow
Carlow is the county town of County Carlow in Ireland. It is situated in the south-east of Ireland, 84 km from Dublin. County Carlow is the second smallest county in Ireland by area, however Carlow Town is the 14th largest urban area in Ireland by population according to the 2006 census. The...

 in County Carlow
County Carlow
County Carlow is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Carlow, which lies on the River Barrow. Carlow County Council is the local authority for the county...

. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland
Parliament of Ireland
The Parliament of Ireland was a legislature that existed in Dublin from 1297 until 1800. In its early mediaeval period during the Lordship of Ireland it consisted of either two or three chambers: the House of Commons, elected by a very restricted suffrage, the House of Lords in which the lords...

 from 1613 to 1800.

History

In the 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...

 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...

, Boyle was represented with two members. Following the Act of Union 1800
Act of Union 1800
The Acts of Union 1800 describe two complementary Acts, namely:* the Union with Ireland Act 1800 , an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, and...

 the borough retained one parliamentary seat in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

  • 1613–1615
    • Sir John Bere, Kt., Dublin, Sergeant-at-Law,
    • Sir Robert Jacobe
      Robert Jacobe
      Sir Robert Jacob or Jacobe was Solicitor General for Ireland between 1606 and 1618. He was a friend and close associate of Sir John Davies, the Attorney General who was the key figure in the Irish administration.- Family :...

      , Kt., Dublin, Solicitor General for Ireland
  • 1634–1635
    • Barnaby O'Brien ("absent in England", replaced in January 1634, Edward Harman)
    • James Rawson, Dublin
  • 1639–1649
    • Robert Hartpole of Shrule Castle, Queen's County
      County Laois
      County Laois is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It was formerly known as Queen's County until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. The county's name was formerly spelt as Laoighis and Leix. Laois County Council...

       (disqualified for Rebellion in June 1642)
    • Thomas Harman
      Thomas Harman
      A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursitors, vulgarly called vagabonds was first published in 1566 by Thomas Harman, and although no copies of that edition survive, it must have been popular, because two printers were punished by the Stationers' Company in 1567 for pirated editions. Two editions...

      , Athy
      Athy
      The town developed from a 12th century Anglo-Norman settlement to an important British military outpost on the border of the Pale.The first town charter dates from the 16th century and the town hall was constructed in the early 18th century...

      , Co. Kildare.
  • 1661–1666
    • John Temple (Kt.), Palmerstown
      Palmerstown
      Palmerstown , occasionally referred to as Palmerston, is a suburb of Dublin,Ireland. It is located about 8km west of the city centre, in the administrative county of South Dublin. The area is bordered to the north by the River Liffey, to the west by Lucan, to the south by Ballyfermot and to theeast...

      , Co. Dublin
    • Thomas Burdett,Garryhill, Co. Carlow.

1689–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
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...

Mark Baggot John Warren
1692 Sir William Russell, 4th Bt Walter Weldon
1695 Edmond Jones Robert Curtis
September 1703 Richard Wolseley Hon. Charles Howard
Charles Howard, 9th Earl of Suffolk
Charles Howard, 9th Earl of Suffolk was an English nobleman and politician, styled Hon. Charles Howard from 1691 to 1731....

  Declared not duly elected in 1703
1703 Walter Weldon
1713 Thomas Burdett
Sir Thomas Burdett, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Burdett, 1st Baronet was an Irish politician and baronet.Born at Garrahill in County Carlow, he was the son of Thomas Burdett and his wife Catherine Kennedy, daughter of Sir Robert Kennedy, 1st Baronet...

1715 Richard Wolseley
1725 John Hamilton
1727 James Hamilton Richard Wolseley  Created a baronet in 1745
1761 Robert Burton
1765 Robert Doyne
1768 Edward Hoare John Hyde  Also elected for Cork County
Cork County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Cork County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.-Boundaries and Boundary Changes:This constituency was the borough in County Cork. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.-History:...

 in 1768, for which he chose to sit
1769 James Somerville
June 1776 John Prendergast
John Prendergast Smyth, 1st Viscount Gort
John Prendergast-Smyth, 1st Viscount Gort was an Irish politician.Born John Smyth, Gort was the son of Charles Smyth, Member of the Irish Parliament for Limerick City, and Elizabeth Prendergast. His paternal grandparents were the Rt. Rev. Thomas Smyth, Bishop of Limerick, and Dorothea Burgh,...

Hon. John Ponsonby  Also elected for Kilkenny County
Kilkenny County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Kilkenny County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-History:In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Kilkenny County was represented with two members.-1689–1801:...

 in 1776, for which he chose to sit
1776 Arthur Dawson
1783 Sir John Browne, 7th Bt
John Browne, 1st Baron Kilmaine
John Browne, 1st Baron Kilmaine , known as Sir John Browne, 7th Baronet, from 1765 to 1789, was an Irish politician....

Charles des Voeux  Created a baronet in 1787
January 1790 Hon. James Caulfield Browne
May 1790 Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw John Ormsby Vandeleur
1796 Sir Frederick Flood, 1st Bt
January 1798 Henry Sadlier Prittie
Henry Prittie, 2nd Baron Dunalley
Henry Prittie, 2nd Baron Dunalley was an Anglo-Irish politician.Dunalley was the son of Henry Prittie, 1st Baron Dunalley. He was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Carlow Borough in 1798, a seat he held until the Irish Parliament was abolished in 1801...

William Elliot
William Elliot (MP)
William Elliot was an Irish politician who sat in the Irish House of Commons before its abolition. After the Act of Union he sat as a Whig in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....

  Also elected for St Canice
St Canice (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
St Canice, also called Irishtown, was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-1692–1801:...

 in 1798, for which he chose to sit
1798 John Wolfe
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...

Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Carlow Borough
Carlow Borough (UK Parliament constituency)
Carlow Borough was a Parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...

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