St Johnstown (County Longford) (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained

St Johnstown
Type:borough
Borough:Ballinalee
County:County Longford
Region:Ireland
Parliament:ihc
Abolished:1801
Next:Disfranchised

St Johnstown was a borough constituency for Ballinalee or Saintjohnstown County Longford represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Members of Parliament

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1634John WareEdmund Beagan
1639John WareDudley Loftus
1661John EdgeworthSir Henry Piers, 1st Baronet
1689 Patriot ParliamentSir William EllisLt.-Col. James Nugent
1692Sir John Edgeworth <-- knight --><-- party -->
1695<-- party -->
1703
1711
1713Robert Edgeworth<-- party -->
1715
1721Henry Edgeworth<-- party -->
1727Thomas Newcomen<-- party -->
1751Hon. John Forbes
1761George Forbes, Viscount Forbes[1] Charles Newcomen<-- party -->
1762George Forbes[2]
1768Ralph Fetherston[3] <-- party -->
1773Robert Jephson
1776Hon. John Vaughan<-- party -->
1780Sackville Hamilton
1783Nicholas Colthurst[4]
1790
January 1798Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, 1st Bt[5]
1798
1801Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

Notes and References

  1. Sat for Mullingar
  2. from 1765 George Forbes, Viscount Forbes
  3. from 1776 Sir Ralph Fetherston, 1st Bt
  4. from 1787 Sir Nicholas Colthurst, 3rd Bt
  5. sat for County Longford