Pre-1801 constituency for the Irish House of Commons From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dublin City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1801.
Dublin City | |
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Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Dublin |
Borough | Dublin |
1264 | –1801|
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Dublin City (UKHC) |
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Dublin City was represented by two members.[1] In the 1760s the radical politician Charles Lucas used the seat as his political base.
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | Sir Michael Creagh | Terence MacDermott | ||||
1692 | Thomas Coote | Sir Michael Mitchell | ||||
1695 | William Handcock | Sir John Rogerson | ||||
1703 | John Forster | Whig | Benjamin Burton | Whig | ||
1715 | John Rogerson | |||||
1727 | Samuel Burton | William Howard | ||||
1728 | John Stoyte | |||||
1729 | James Somerville[note 1] | |||||
1733 | Humphrey French | |||||
1737 | Nathaniel Pearson | |||||
1749 | James Digges La Touche[note 2] | |||||
1749 | Charles Burton[note 3] | Sir Samuel Cooke, 1st Bt | ||||
1758 | James Dunn | |||||
1761 | James Grattan | Charles Lucas | Radical/Patriot | |||
1767 | Marquess of Kildare | Patriot | ||||
1771 | William Clement | |||||
1773 | Redmond Morres | |||||
1776 | Sir Samuel Bradstreet, 3rd Bt | Independent | ||||
1782 | Travers Hartley | |||||
1784 | Nathaniel Warren | |||||
1790 | Lord Henry FitzGerald | Patriot | Henry Grattan | Patriot | ||
1797 | Arthur Wolfe | John Claudius Beresford | ||||
July 1798 | George Ogle | Whig | ||||
1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Dublin City |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Patriot | Henry Grattan | 1695 | |||
Patriot | Lord Henry FitzGerald | 1695 | |||
Pro-Government | Lord Mayor John Exshaw | 836 | |||
Pro-Government | Alderman Henry Gore Sankey | 776 |
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