Gowran (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained

Gowran was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.^[1]

History

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

1613–1615 John Swayne and Thomas Stanton^[2]
1634–1635 John Hackett and James Kealy^[2]
1639–1649 Sir Patrick Wemyss and Peter Butler (Butler resigned and replaced 1641 by Piers Crosbie)^[2]
1661–1666 William Warden of Burnchurch and John Powell^[3]

Election	First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		<	-- party -->
1689		<
1692
1695
1703				Robert Maude^[4]
November 1713	Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Bt^[5]			James Agar^[6]	<	-- party -->
1713
November 1715		<				-- party -->
1715		<			<	-- party -->
1725
1727
1747		<				-- party -->
1753		<
1761
1768	Hon. John Ponsonby^[7]			James Agar
1769
1776					<	-- party -->
1777					<
October 1783	Hon. Henry Welbore Agar^[8]				<	-- party -->
1783
1790
1798					<	-- party -->
1800					<
1801	Constituency disenfranchised

Book: O'Hart, John . The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland . Heritage Books . II . 978-0-7884-1927-0 . 2007 .

Web site: 2023-05-02 . Gowran (Parliament of Ireland constituency) . 2024-05-30 . seamus dubhghaill . en.
Web site: A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641. Brid. McGrath. 24 October 1998. 2262/77206. www.tara.tcd.ie.
Book: Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. 621.
Created a baronet in 1705
Also elected for Kilkenny City in 1713, for which he chose to sit
Also elected for Callan in 1715, for which he chose to sit
Also elected for County Kilkenny in 1768, for which he chose to sit.
Also elected for County Kilkenny in 1783, for which he chose to sit.