County Kilkenny was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
| County Kilkenny | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Kilkenny |
| –1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | County Kilkenny (UKHC) |
History
editIn the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, County Kilkenny was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament
edit- 1376:[2] Alexander de Balscot, Bishop of Ossory (replaced by Walter, son of William Coterelle of Kenlys) and Godfrey Forstall were elected to come to England to consult with the king and council about the government of Ireland and about an aid for the king.
- 1531 Rowland Fitzgerald, 2nd Baron of Burnchurch[3] citing,[4][5] citing [6]
- 1559 Nicholas White and Walter Gall[7]
- 1585 Gerard Blancheville and Robert Rothe[7]
- 1613–1615 Lucas Shee and Robert Grace, Baron of Courtown[7]
- 1634–1635 Robert Grace, Baron of Courtown and Edmund Butler of Polestown[7]
- 1639–1649 Pierce Butler (expelled) and Walter Walsh[7]
- 1661–1666 Sir John Ponsonby and Colonel Daniel Redman[8]
1689–1801
edit| Election | First MP | Second MP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | John Grace | Robert Walsh | ||||
| 1692 | Richard Coote | William Ponsonby | ||||
| 1695 | Agmondisham Cuffe | |||||
| 1703 | Sir Henry Wemys | |||||
| 1715 | William Flower | |||||
| 1721 | Patrick Wemyss | |||||
| 1727 | Hon. William Ponsonby[note 1] | |||||
| 1747 | Patrick Wemys | |||||
| 1759 | Henry Flood | Patriot | ||||
| 1761 | Hon. John Ponsonby | Patriot | James Agar | |||
| 1776 | Hon. Edmund Butler | |||||
| 1779 | Joseph Deane | |||||
| 1783 | William Brabazon Ponsonby | Patriot (to 1789) Irish Whig (from 1789) |
Hon. Henry Welbore Agar | Patriot/Irish Whig[9] | ||
| 1790 | Walter Butler[note 2] | |||||
| February 1796 | Hon. John Wandesford Butler | |||||
| 1797 | Hon. James Wandesford Butler | Irish Whig | ||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency County Kilkenny | |||||
Notes
editReferences
edit- ↑ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
- ↑ (Clarke 1932–34, p. 125)
- ↑ Kildare Archaeological Society - Kilkea Castle - pages 9-10 - 4/20 to 5/20
- ↑ State papers, published under the authority of His Majesty's Commission. King Henry the Eighth, Volume 2, page 157
- ↑ Barron, Stephen (April–June 1914). "Distinguished Waterford Families: II – Barron" (PDF). Journal of the Waterford and South-East Ireland Archaeological Society. 17 (2): 56. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Calendar of Carew Manuscripts, 1532, Letter from Piers Butler, Earl of Ormond to Thomas Cromwell - National Archives website, also 'Calendar of the Carew Manuscripts: 1515-1574', Lambeth Palace Library - Jan 1867 · Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer
- 1 2 3 4 5 McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641. Department of History (PhD thesis). Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206.
- ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 620.
- ↑ "AGAR, Henry Welbore, 2nd Visct. Clifden [I] (1761–1836). | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
Bibliography
edit- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
- Clarke, Maude V. (1932–34). "William of Windsor in Ireland, 1369-1376". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature. 41: 55–130. JSTOR 25515963.