Granard (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained

Granard
Type:borough
Borough:Granard
County:County Longford
Region:Ireland
Parliament:ihc
Abolished:1801
Next:Disfranchised
Seats:2

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

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Granard was not represented.

Members of Parliament, 1679–1801

1689–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689Granard was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692John Perceval <-- party -->Sir Walter Plunket
September 1703Stephen Ludlow[1]
1703Wentworth Harman
1713John Parnell<-- party -->
1715James Peppard<-- party -->
1723Charles Coote<-- party -->
1725Robert Jocelyn
1727James MacartneyJohn Folliott
1761Edmond MaloneRobert Sibthorpe<-- party -->
1767Gervase Parker Bushe<-- party -->
1768Anthony Malone[2]
1769Richard Malone
1776Thomas Maunsell<-- party -->John Kilpatrick
1780William Long Kingsman
1783
1790Thomas Pakenham Vandeleur
January 1798Hon. George Fulke Lyttelton<-- party -->William Fulk Greville
1798Ross Mahon<-- party -->
1800
1801Constituency disenfranchised

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Notes and References

  1. Also elected for Dunleer in 1703, for which he chose to sit
  2. Also elected for County Westmeath in 1768, for which he chose to sit.