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Pre-1801 Irish constituency From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Athlone was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote. Following the Acts of Union 1800 the borough became the Westminster constituency of Athlone.
Athlone | |
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Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Westmeath |
Borough | Athlone |
1607 | –1801|
Replaced by | Athlone |
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Athlone was represented by two members.[1]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | Edmund Malone | Edmond Malone | x | |||
1692 | William Handcock | Arthur St George | ||||
1703 | William Jones | William Handcock | ||||
1715 | Henry St George I | |||||
1723 | Gustavus Handcock | |||||
1723 | George St George | |||||
1727 | Peter Holmes | |||||
1732 | Gustavus Handcock | |||||
1751 | Robert Handcock | |||||
1759 | William Handcock I | |||||
1761 | Henry St George II | |||||
1763 | Richard St George[note 1] | |||||
1783 | William Handcock II | |||||
1789 | Sir Richard St George, 2nd Bt | |||||
1800 | Richard Handcock | |||||
1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Athlone |
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