Fethard (County Wexford) (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained

Fethard (County Wexford) (Parliament of Ireland constituency) should not be confused with Fethard (County Tipperary) (Parliament of Ireland constituency).

Fethard
Type:borough
Borough:Fethard-on-Sea
County:County Wexford
Region:Ireland
Parliament:ihc
Abolished:1801
Next:Disfranchised

Fethard was a constituency in County Wexford represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.

History

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

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

1689–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689 Patriot ParliamentNicholas Stafford
1692Sir Richard Bulkeley, 2nd Bt<-- party -->Dudley Loftus
1695
1703Thomas Palliser<-- party -->
1710Nicholas Loftus
1713Hugh Morgan
1715Henry Ponsonby
1727James Stopford<-- party -->
1733Philip Doyne
1755Charles Tottenham<-- party -->
1759Nicholas Hume-Loftus[3] <-- party -->
1761
1764William Alcock<-- party -->
1767John Tottenham<-- party -->
1768
1776Charles Tottenham[4] <-- party -->
1779Ponsonby Tottenham<-- party -->
1783
1790Charles Tottenham<-- party -->
January 1793
1793Luke Fox<-- party -->
1796
1798Henry AlcockCharles Eustace<-- party -->
1799
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. 10 July 1998. www.tara.tcd.ie.
  2. Book: Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. 637.
  3. Styled as The Honourable from 1763 and as Viscount Loftus from 1766
  4. Also elected for Wexford Borough in 1783, for which he chose to sit