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Pre-1801 Irish constituency From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jamestown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It took its name from Jamestown, County Leitrim.
Jamestown | |
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Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Leitrim |
Borough | Jamestown |
1622 | –1801|
Replaced by | Disfranchised |
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Jamestown was represented with two members.[1]
Jamestown was a small village containing approximately 48 houses.[2]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | Alexander Mac Donnell | William Shanley | ||||
1692 | John Mahon | Robert Smith | ||||
1695 | Edmond Reynell | |||||
1703 | John King | |||||
1709 | Gilbert King | |||||
1715 | Hon. Algernon Coote | |||||
1721 | Richard Geering | John King | ||||
1727 | Robert French | |||||
1737 | Gilbert King | |||||
1745 | Richard Liddell | |||||
1747 | John Gore | |||||
1761 | Roger Palmer | Edward Loftus | ||||
1768 | James Browne | John FitzGibbon | ||||
1776 | Viscount Westport | Richard Martin | Patriot | |||
1781 | John Hall | |||||
1783 | Sir Francis Hutchinson | Henry Bruen | ||||
1790 | Arthur Wolfe | Henry Wood | ||||
1796 | Robert Edward King[note 1] | |||||
1798 | Gilbert King | John King | ||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |
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