County Leitrim (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained

County Leitrim
Type:	county
County:	County Leitrim
Region:	Ireland
Parliament:	ihc
Abolished:	1801
Next:	Leitrim (UKHC)
Seats:	2

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

County constituency

County Leitrim was represented by two MPs in the Irish House of Commons. It continued to be represented by two MPs in the United Kingdom House of Commons after 1801.

Members of Parliament

• 1613–1615 William Reynolds and Gerald Nugent^[1]
• 1634–1635 Charles Reynolds and __ Crofton^[1]
• 1639–1649 Humphrey Reynolds and Sir Charles Coote^[1]
• 1661–1666 Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet (sat for Galway and replaced by Sir George St George) and Robert Parke^[2]

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Edmond Reynolds			Iriel Farrell
1692		John Reynolds	<	-- party -->		James Wynne
1695					Theophilus Jones I	<	-- party -->
1703		William Gore I
1730		William Gore II	<				-- party -->
1743					Hugh Crofton
1761		Theophilus Jones II			John Wynne
1768			<	-- party -->		William Gore II
1769					William Gore III
1776		Henry Theophilus Clements^[3]	<	-- party -->		Theophilus Jones II
1783						<	-- party -->
1784		John Gore
1790		Henry Theophilus Clements			Theophilus Jones II	<	-- party -->
1796
1798
1801		Succeeded by Westminster constituency of Leitrim

See also

• List of Irish constituencies

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Book: Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. 622.
3. At the General Election in 1783, declared not duly elected