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Pre-1801 Irish constituency From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
St Canice, also called Irishtown, was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1661 until 1800.[1] Irishtown was a borough within the parish of St Canice in the county of the city of Kilkenny.[1] The borough was separate from the city itself, which was represented by Kilkenny City constituency.
St Canice | |
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Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Kilkenny |
Borough | St Canice |
? | –1801|
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Disfranchised |
The borough was disfranchised by the Acts of Union 1800.[2] Compensation for the loss of the patronage was awarded in the standard amount of £15,000.[2] The claim of Hugh Hamilton, Bishop of Ossory to this compensation was disallowed; instead it went to the Commissioners of First Fruits.[1][2]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1661 | Sir William Flower | Oliver Wheeler | ||||
1692 | Richard Connell | Sir Christopher Wandesford, 2nd Bt | ||||
July 1707 | Hon. Christopher Wandesford | |||||
September 1707 | Richard Cole | |||||
1713 | Sir Standish Hartstonge, 2nd Bt | Sir Robert Maude, 1st Bt | ||||
1727 | James Agar | Richard Dawson | ||||
January 1734 | Richard Reade | |||||
1734 | Hervey Morres | |||||
1757 | Viscount Moore | |||||
1759 | Eland Mossom | |||||
1761 | Thomas Waite | |||||
1768 | Lord Frederick Campbell | |||||
1774 | Thomas Radcliffe | |||||
1776 | John Monck Mason | John William Hamilton | ||||
1781 | Dominick Trant | |||||
1783 | Hon. Richard Annesley | |||||
1790 | Marcus Beresford | |||||
1794 | Sylvester Douglas | |||||
1796 | William Elliot | |||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |
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