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1614-1801 Irish constituency From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Belturbet was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.
Belturbet | |
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Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Cavan |
Borough | Belturbet |
1614 | –1801|
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Disfranchised |
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Belturbet was represented with two members.[1]
Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote. It was in the control of the Earl of Lanesborough.[2] The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the Acts of Union 1800.
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | Sir Edward Tyrrell, 1st Bt | Philip Tuite | ||||
1692 | Francis Butler | John Warburton | ||||
1703 | Richard Tighe | Thomas Taylor[lower-alpha 1] | ||||
1713 | Theophilus Butler | Brinsley Butler | ||||
1715 | Charles Delafaye | |||||
1725 | Hon. Humphrey Butler | |||||
1727 | Thomas Butler | |||||
1736 | Robert Butler | |||||
1755 | John Cramer | |||||
1761 | John Butler[lower-alpha 2] | |||||
1761 | John Cramer[lower-alpha 3] | |||||
1763 | Edward Tighe | |||||
1768 | George Glover | |||||
1771 | Robert Birch | |||||
1776 | Charles Francis Sheridan | |||||
1783 | Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Bt | David La Touche | ||||
1790 | John McClintock | Maurice Coppinger | ||||
1798 | Charles King | Thomas Townsend | ||||
1800 | Blayney Townley Balfour | |||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |
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