Clogher_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)

Clogher (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Clogher (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

54.410°N 7.173°W / 54.410; -7.173

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Clogher was a borough constituency in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It represented the "city" of Clogher in County Tyrone. The city, actually no more than a village, gained its importance as the site of the cathedral of the Church of Ireland diocese of Clogher. The constituency was a rotten borough in the gift of the bishop. When the constituency was disestablished, bishop John Porter's claim for £15,000 compensation was disallowed.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1264–1801

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Knighted in 1693
  2. [N 2]
    Also elected for Longford Borough in 1695, for which he chose to sit
  3. [N 3]
    Also elected for County Monaghan in 1695, for which he chose to sit.
  4. [N 4]
    Also spelt 'Cary'
  5. [N 5]
    Declared not duly elected in 1800

References

  1. [1]
    Gale, Peter (1834). "Appendix XXIV". An inquiry into the ancient corporate system of Ireland. London: Richard Bentley. pp. clxiv.
  2. [2]
    O'Hart 2007, p. 501.

Bibliography

  • O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
  • 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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