Killybegs (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained

Killybegs
Type:borough
Borough:Killybegs
County:County Donegal
Region:Ireland
Parliament:ihc
Abolished:1801
Seats:2
Next:Disfranchised

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

History

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

Members of Parliament, 1616–1801

1689–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689Killybegs was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692
1695<-- party -->
1703<-- party -->
1710Thomas Pearson<-- party -->
1713Henry MaxwellWhig
1715
1719Robert Colvill
1727<-- party -->
1739Leslie Corry
1741Henry Conyngham
1749Henry Gore<-- party -->
1753Francis Pierpoint Burton
1761
1768Henry Hamilton[2] <-- party -->
1776William Burton[3]
1777John Knox[4]
October 1783<-- party -->James FitzGerald[5] Patriot
1783William Colvill
May 1790Francis Nathaniel Burton[6] <-- party -->
1790Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Bt
January 1798Francis Nathaniel Burton[7] <-- party -->
1798Francis McNamara
1801Disenfranchised

Notes

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. 612.
  2. Created a baronet in 1775
  3. Also elected for Ennis in 1776, for which he chose to sit
  4. Styles as The Honourable from 1781
  5. Also elected for Tulsk in 1783, for which he chose to sit
  6. Also elected for County Clare in 1790, for which he chose to sit
  7. Also elected for County Clare in 1798, for which he chose to sit.