Mayo (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Mayo 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 1611 to 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

County Divisions

Baronies in County Mayo:[n 8]

Burrishoole (Buiríos Umhaill)

Carra (Ceara)

Clanmorris (Clann Mhuiris)

Costello (Coistealaigh)

Erris
Erris
Erris is a barony in northwestern County Mayo in Ireland consisting of over , much of which is mountainous blanket bog. It has extensive sea coasts along its west and north boundaries. The main towns are Belmullet and Bangor Erris. The name Erris derives from the Irish 'Iar Ros' meaning 'western...

 (Iorras)

Gallen (Gaileanga)

Kilmaine (Cill Mheáin)

Murrisk (Muraisc)

Ross (An Ros)

Tirawley (Tír Amhlaidh)

Tireragh (Tír Fhiachrach)

Members of Parliament

  • Sir Arthur Gore
    Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet
    Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet was an Irish soldier and politician.Gore was the second son of Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet and his wife Isabella Wycliffe, daughter of Francis Wycliffe. In 1656, he was High Sheriff of Mayo and additionally High Sheriff of County Galway...

     1661–1666
  • 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...

    • Gerald Moore
    • Walter Bourke

1692–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1692 Sir Henry Bingham, 3rd Bt
Sir Henry Bingham, 3rd Baronet
Sir Henry Bingham, 3rd Baronet was an Irish politician and baronet.He was the eldest son Sir George Bingham, 2nd Baronet and his first wife. In 1682, he succeeded his father as baronet. Bingham was educated at the Middle Temple. From 1682 he was Custos Rotulorum of Mayo...

Francis Cuffe
1695 John Bingham
1707 Henry Bingham
1715 Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Bt
Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Baronet
Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Baronet was an Irish politician and baronet.He was the son of Paul Gore, himself son of Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet, and his wife Anne Gore, daughter of Sir John Gore. Gore succeeded his grandfather as baronet in 1697. He was High Sheriff of Mayo in 1711 and Member of...

Francis Cuffe
1719 Michael Cuffe
Michael Cuffe
Michael Cuffe was an Irish Member of Parliament.He was the son of Francis Cuffe by his wife Honora, daughter of Archbishop Michael Boyle...

1727 John Bingham
Sir John Bingham, 5th Baronet
Sir John Bingham, 5th Baronet was an Irish politician.He was the eldest son of Sir George Bingham, 4th Baronet, and his first wife wife Mary Scott. Bingham was educated at the Middle Temple. He was appointed High Sheriff of Mayo in 1721 and was Governor of County Mayo...

 
1742 James Cuffe
1749 Sir John Bingham, 6th Bt
Sir John Bingham, 6th Baronet
Sir John Bingham, 6th Baronet was an Irish politician and baronet.He was the oldest son of Sir John Bingham, 5th Baronet and his wife Anne Vesey, daughter of Agmondisham Vesey. In 1749, Bingham succeeded his father as baronet as well as Member of Parliament for Mayo, however died already a year...

1751 Paul Annesley Gore
1761 Hon. Peter Browne-Kelly
Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont
Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont , was the son of John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont and Anne Gore. He married Elizabeth Kelly, the only child of Denis Kelly, on 16 April 1752...

Sir Charles Bingham, 7th Bt
Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan
Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan , known as Sir Charles Bingham, 7th Baronet from 1750 until 1776, was an Irish peer and politician.- Background :...

1768 James Cuffe
James Cuffe, 1st Baron Tyrawley
James Cuffe, 1st Baron Tyrawley was an Irish peer and politician. His father was James Cuff of Elmhall and Ballinrobe Castle and his mother was Elizabeth, sister of Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran....

1776 Arthur Browne
1779 George Browne
1782 Denis Browne
Denis Browne (politician)
Denis Browne , was an Irish politician.Browne was the second son of two sons and four daughters born to Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Alamont and Elizabeth Kelly of Lisduffe, County Galway. He was born and raised at the family home of Westport House, County Mayo...

1798 George Jackson
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