Askeaton (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained

Askeaton was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Askeaton was represented with two members.

Election	First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1613	Roger Rice			Anthony Stoughton^[1]
1634	Maurice Williams			Sir Hardress Waller
1639	George Crofton			Maurice Williams (resigned and replaced by William Dobbins)
1661	Sir Anthony Morgan			Richard Southwell^[2]
1689 Patriot Parliament
1692					<	-- party -->
1695		<			<	-- party -->
1696		<			<	-- party -->
1703		<			<	-- party -->
1713		<		Philip Perceval
1715					<	-- party -->
1723		<			<	-- party -->
1727		<			<	-- party -->
1737
1747
1753
1761	Joseph Hoare^[3]	<	-- party -->		James Cotter^[4]
1768
1776
1783
1790
January 1798				John Stewart^[5]
1798
1801	Disenfranchised

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

Web site: A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641. Brid. McGrath. 24 October 1998. www.tara.tcd.ie.
Book: Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. 624.
Created a baronet in 1784
Created a baronet in 1763
Also elected for Bangor in 1798, for which he chose to sit