Clonmines (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained

Clonmines
Type:borough
Borough:Clonmines
County:County Wexford
Region:Ireland
Parliament:ihc
Abolished:1801
Next:Disfranchised

Clonmines was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. It was a rotten borough associated with the deserted Norman borough of Clonmines, in southwest County Wexford.

History

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689 Patriot ParliamentNicholas White
1692<-- party -->
1695
1703
1713<-- party -->
1715
November 1727<-- party -->Henry Ponsonby[2]
1727
1734
1761<-- party -->
1768Henry Loftus
1776Arthur LoftusCharles Tottenham<-- party -->
1781Thomas Loftus[3]
1790Nicholas Loftus Tottenham<-- party -->
1791
1794
1798Ponsonby Tottenham<-- party -->Luke Fox
1799Henry Luttrell
1800Henry Eustace
1801Disenfranchised

Notes

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. Also elected for Inistioge in 1727, for which he chose to sit
  3. Also elected for Fethard (County Wexford) in 1790, for which he chose to sit