County Waterford (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	County Waterford (UKHC)

Members of Parliament

• 1560 Thomas Power and Peter Aylwarde^[1]
• 1585 Richard Aylwarde and James Sherlock^[1]
• 1613–1615 Sir James Gough and John Power of Compyer^[1]
• 1634–1635 James Walshe and John Power of Dowshill^[1]
• 1639–1649 Sir Richard Osborne, 1st Baronet and John Power of Dowshill^[1]
• 1661–1666 Richard Power of Curraghmore (succeeded to peerage, 1661 and replaced by James, Lord Annesley) and Sir Richard Osborne, 1st Baronet^[1]

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		John Power			Matthew Hore
1692		Edward FitzGerald-Villiers			Joseph Ivey
1695		Hon. Henry Petty			John Mason[2]
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[3]
1761		Hon. John Beresford
1798					Richard Power
1801	Constituency replaced by County Waterford

Notes

1. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 634.
2. from 1698 Sir John Mason
3. from 1763 Sir James May, 1st Bt

References

• 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.