Jamestown_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)

Jamestown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Jamestown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

Jamestown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It took its name from Jamestown, County Leitrim.

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History

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

Jamestown was a small village containing approximately 48 houses.[2]

Members of Parliament, 1622–1801

  • 1634–1635 Charles Coote jnr and Sir William Anderson[3]
  • 1639–1649 Sir John Giffard and Sir Francis Hamilton[3]
  • 1661–1666 Sir Robert Meredith[4] and Sir William Dixon[5]

1689–1801

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Styled as The Honourable from 1797

References

  1. [1]
    O'Hart 2007, p. 503.
  2. [2]
    Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (24 October 1836). "Parliamentary Papers". H.M. Stationery Office – via Google Books.
  3. [3]
    McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641". hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
  4. [4]
    "The Irish merediths". Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  5. [5]
    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 623.

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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