Kilbeggan 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...

 from 1612 to 1800.

History

The borough was incorporated by James I

James I of England

James VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603...

 by a Charter dated 27 February 1612. The charter conferred upon the elected portreeve and burgesses the right to return two Members to Parliament. 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...

, Kilbeggan was represented with two members. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

A sum of £15,000 was paid at the 1801 Union, to Gustavus Lambart, Esq., as Compensation for the loss of the elective franchise.

Members of Parliament, 1612–1801

• • Richard Lambart
    Richard Lambart, 2nd Earl of Cavan
    Richard Lambart, 2nd Earl of the County of Cavan was Member of Parliament for Kilbeggan between 1647 and 1649.The title Earl of Cavan was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1647 for Charles Lambart, 2nd Baron Lambart....
    
    , 1647-1649 Declared insane.

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second 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...		Brian Geoghegan			Charles Geoghegan
1692		Oliver Lambart			John Wakeley
1695					Charles Lambart
1703		Patrick Fox
1713		Brabazon Newcomen			John Preston  Also elected for Meath Meath (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Meath was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-Members of Parliament:*Sir Richard Barnewall, 2nd Baronet*Sir Patrick Barnewall, 3rd Baronet-1692–1801:...  in 1713, for which he chose to sit
1715					William FitzHerbert
1715					Charles Lambart
1727		Charles Lambart
1741		Gustavus Lambart
1753					Hamilton Lambart
1761					Thomas Tipping
1768					Charles Lambart
1776		Sir Richard Johnston, 1st Bt
1783		Henry Flood Henry Flood Henry Flood , Irish statesman, son of Warden Flood, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he became proficient in the classics...			John Philpot Curran John Philpot Curran John Philpot Curran was an Irish orator, politician and wit, born in Newmarket, County Cork. He was the son of James and Sarah Curran.-Career:...
1790		Thomas Burgh Thomas Burgh Thomas Burgh may refer to:*Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough , English peer, High Sheriff of Lincs, 1460*Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh , English peer, 5th Baron Strabolgi...			William Sherlock
1798		Sir Francis Hopkins, 1st Bt			Gustavus Lambart
1800		Thomas Gould
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