County Waterford was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
| County Waterford | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Waterford |
| –1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | County Waterford (UKHC) |
Members of Parliament
edit- 1376:[1] Richard Botiller and David Cogan 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.
- 1560 Thomas Power and Peter Aylwarde[2]
- 1585 Richard Aylwarde and James Sherlock[2]
- 1613–1615 Sir James Gough and John Power of Compyer[2]
- 1634–1635 James Walshe and John Power of Dowshill[2]
- 1639–1649 Sir Richard Osborne, 1st Baronet and John Power of Dowshill[2]
- 1661–1666 Richard Power of Curraghmore (succeeded to peerage, 1661 and replaced by James, Lord Annesley) and Sir Richard Osborne, 1st Baronet[2]
1689–1801
edit| Election | First MP | Second MP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | John Power | Matthew Hore | ||||
| 1692 | Edward FitzGerald-Villiers | Joseph Ivey | ||||
| 1695 | Hon. Henry Petty | John Mason[3] | ||||
| 1703 | William Steuart | |||||
| 1715 | Edward May | Stephen Stanley | ||||
| 1725 | James May | |||||
| 1727 | Sir John Osborne, 7t Bt | |||||
| 1730 | Lord Villiers | |||||
| 1733 | James May | |||||
| October 1735 | Ambrose Congreve | |||||
| December 1735 | Beverley Ussher | |||||
| 1743 | Thomas Christmas | |||||
| 1749 | Aland Mason | |||||
| 1757 | Lord La Poer | |||||
| 1759 | James May[4] | |||||
| 1761 | Hon. John Beresford | |||||
| 1798 | Richard Power | |||||
| 1801 | Constituency replaced by County Waterford | |||||
Notes
editReferences
edit- 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.