Baltimore_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)

Baltimore (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Baltimore (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

Baltimore was a potwalloper constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1801.

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Borough

This constituency was a parliamentary borough based in the town of Baltimore in County Cork.

Potwalloper

A potwalloper (sometimes potwalloner or potwaller) is an archaic term referring to a borough constituency returning members to the British House of Commons before 1832 and the Reform Act created a uniform suffrage. Several potwalloper constituencies were also represented in the Irish House of Commons, prior to its abolition in 1801. A potwalloper borough was one in which a householder had the right to vote if he had, in his house, a hearth large enough to boil, or wallop, a cauldron, or pot. The electors for Baltimore were tenants at will of the Freke family.[1]

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Baltimore was represented with two members.[2]

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

Baltimore, Incorporated 25 March 1613.

1689–1801

More information Election, First member ...

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Also elected for Cork City in 1761, for which he chose to sit

References

  1. [1]
    "Baltimore". Ulster Historical Foundation. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  2. [2]
    O'Hart 2007, p. 500.

Bibliography

  • O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
  • Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 February 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4
  • T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
  • Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press ISBN 1-84682-030-8
  • Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
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