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Harristown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Harristown
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Kildare
BoroughHarristown
1684 (1684) (1684 (1684))–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byDisfranchised

Harristown was a borough constituency in the Irish House of Commons until 1800, representing the borough of Harristown in the barony of Naas South, County Kildare.

History

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In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Harristown was represented with two members.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1684–1801

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1689–1801

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Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament James Nihell Edmund FitzGerald
1692 Sir Maurice Eustace[note 1] Robert Graydon
1695 Francis Wemys
1703 Richard FitzPatrick Robert Dixon
1713 Benjamin Chetwood Alexander Graydon
1715 Robert Johnson
1721 Sir Walter Borrowes, 4th Bt
1727 Edward Stratford John Graydon
1740 Agmondisham Vesey
1761 Murrough O'Brien Edward Sandford
1768 Garret FitzGerald Robert Graydon
1775 Thomas Burgh
1776 Richard Allen Maurice Keating
1777 Michael Keating
1781 Charles John Crowle
1783 Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt Thomas Burgh
1790 Arthur Burdett
1794 Robert La Touche
February 1797 John (I) La Touche[note 2]
1797 John (II) La Touche
1801 Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

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  1. ^ Expelled in 1695. Nephew of Lord Chancellor Sir Maurice Eustace and cousin of Sir Maurice Eustace, Baronet
  2. ^ Also elected for County Kildare in 1797, for which he chose to sit

References

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  1. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.

Bibliography

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  • O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
  • 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.