Fore_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)

Fore (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Fore (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

Fore was a constituency in County Westmeath represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1612 to 1800.

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History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Fore was represented with two members.[1]

Members of Parliament

  • 1634–1635: Lucas Fitzgerald and Thomas Nugent (died 1634 and replaced by John Nugent)[2]
  • 1639–1649: John Nugent (died 1647 and replaced by Oliver Walshe)
  • 1661–1666: Sir Timothy Tyrrill of Buckinghamshire (absent/died and replaced 1662 by Charles Viscount Falkland. Falkland died and was replaced 1663 by John Forrest) and William Markham[3]

1689–1801

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Also elected for Old Newry in 1798, for which he chose to sit
  2. [N 2]
    Also elected for Blessington in 1798, for which he chose to sit

References

  1. [1]
    O'Hart 2007, p. 504.
  2. [2]
    McGrath, Brid (1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206.
  3. [3]
    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 636.

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.
  • 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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