Kildare County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Kildare County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons
to 1801.
of 1689 summoned by King James II
, Kildare County 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...
to 1801.
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...
, Kildare County 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... |
John Wogan | George Aylmer | ||||
| 1692 | George FitzGerald | Robert FitzGerald | ||||
| 1698 | Henry Colley | |||||
| 1703 | Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Bt Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Baronet Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Baronet was an Irish politician.He was the son of Sir Walter Borrowes, 2nd Baronet and Eleanor FitzGerald, daughter of George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare. His mother's family were the richest in County Kildare and this cemented the position of the Borrowes family in... |
Thomas Keightley | ||||
| 1709 | Joshua Allen Joshua Allen, 2nd Viscount Allen Joshua Allen, 2nd Viscount Allen LLD was an Irish peer and politician.He was the son of John Allen, 1st Viscount Allen and succeeded to his father's titles on 8 November 1726. Between 1709 and 1727, he represented Kildare County in the Irish House of Commons.He married Margaret du Pass on 18... Styled as The Honourable from 1717 |
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| 1715 | Brabazon Ponsonby Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough was a British politician and peer. He was the son of William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon and Mary Moore. He was an active politician from 1705 to 1757 in Great Britain and Ireland. He represented Newtownards and County Kildare in the Irish House of... Styled as The Honourable from 1721 |
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| 1725 | Francis Allen | |||||
| 1727 | Richard Allen | Maurice Keating | ||||
| 1745 | Sir Kildare Borrowes, 5th Bt Sir Kildare Borrowes, 5th Baronet Sir Kildare Dixon Borrowes, 5th Baronet was an Irish politician.He was the oldest son of Sir Walter Borrowes, 4th Baronet and his wife Mary Pottinger, daughter of Captain Edward Pottinger. In 1741, Borrowes succeeded his father as baronet. Between 1745 and 1776, he represented Kildare County in... |
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| 1761 | Arthur Pomeroy Arthur Pomeroy, 1st Viscount Harberton Arthur Pomeroy, 1st Viscount Harberton was an Irish politician.He was Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons for County Kildare from 1761 until he was raised to the Irish House of Lords as Baron Harberton in the Peerage of Ireland on 10 October 1783. He was further created Viscount... |
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| 1776 | Lord Charles FitzGerald Charles FitzGerald, 1st Baron Lecale Rear-Admiral Charles James FitzGerald, 1st Baron Lecale PC , styled Lord Charles FitzGerald between 1761 and 1800, was an Irish naval commander and politician.-Background:... |
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| 1783 | John Wolfe | |||||
| 1790 | Lord Edward FitzGerald Lord Edward FitzGerald Lord Edward FitzGerald was an Irish aristocrat and revolutionary. He was the fifth son of the 1st Duke of Leinster and the Duchess of Leinster , he was born at Carton House, near Dublin, and died of wounds received in resisting arrest on charge of treason.-Early years:FitzGerald spent most of his... |
Maurice Bagenal St Leger Keating | ||||
| 1798 | John La Touche | |||||
| 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 Kildare Kildare (UK Parliament constituency) A former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament.-Members of Parliament:-References:*The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith , 2nd edition edited by F.W.S. Craig *Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M... |
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