Jamestown (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained

Jamestown
Type:	borough
Borough:	Jamestown
County:	County Leitrim
Region:	Ireland
Parliament:	ihc
Abolished:	1801
Next:	Disfranchised

Jamestown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It took its name from Jamestown, County Leitrim.

History

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

Jamestown was a small village containing approximately 48 houses.^[1]

Members of Parliament, 1622–1801

• 1634–1635 Charles Coote jnr and Sir William Anderson^[2]
• 1639–1649 Sir John Giffard and Sir Francis Hamilton^[2]
• 1661–1666 Sir Robert Meredith^[3] and Sir William Dixon^[4]

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament					William Shanley
1692			<	-- party -->
1695
1703						<	-- party -->
1709			<				-- party -->
1715
1721						<	-- party -->
1727			<				-- party -->
1737						<	-- party -->
1745
1747		John Gore
1761
1768
1776						Patriot
1781
1783
1790			<	-- party -->
1796					Robert Edward King^[5]
1798
1801		Disenfranchised

Notes

Bibliography

• 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 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Parliamentary Papers. Great Britain Parliament House of. Commons. 24 October 1836. H.M. Stationery Office. Google Books.
2. 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.
3. Web site: The Irish merediths. 9 June 2019.
4. Book: Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. 623.
5. Styled as The Honourable from 1797