Naas (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained

Naas
Type:borough
Borough:Naas
County:County Kildare
Region:Ireland
Parliament:ihc
Abolished:1801
Next:Disfranchised
Seats:2

Naas was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801. The Parliament of Ireland merged with the Parliament of Great Britain to form the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1801. Thereafter Naas was represented by the Members for Kildare.

Members of Parliament

1689–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689 Patriot Parliament
1692
1695
1703<-- party -->
1711James Barry
1713<-- party -->Theobald Bourke
1727John Bourke<-- party -->
1731
1759Richard Burgh<-- party -->
1761<-- party -->
1763John Bourke[4] [5] <-- party -->
1768
1777Thomas Allan
1783Hugh Carleton
1787Sir Richard Gorges-Meredyth, 1st Bt
1790John Bourke[6] <-- party -->
1791James Bond[7] <-- party -->
1795George Damer, Viscount Milton
January 1798Hon. Thomas PelhamHon. Francis Hely-Hutchinson<-- party -->
1798John Macartney[8]
1801Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

Notes and References

  1. Book: Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. 619.
  2. Web site: Chronicles of the County Wexford, being a record of memorable incidents, disasters, social occurrences, and crimes, also, biographies of eminent persons, &c., &c., brought down to the year 1877. George. Griffiths. 30 May 1890. Enniscorthy, printed at the "Watchman" office. Internet Archive.
  3. A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641. Brid. McGrath. 30 May 1998. Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. thesis. tara.tcd.ie.
  4. from 1776 Hon. John Bourke
  5. from 1785 John Bourke, Lord Naas
  6. from 1792 John Bourke, Lord Naas
  7. from 1794 Sir James Bond, 1st Bt
  8. from 1799 Sir John Macartney, 1st Bt