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New Ross (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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New Ross
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Wexford
BoroughNew Ross
 () ( ())–1801 (1801)
Replaced byNew Ross

New Ross was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.

Members of Parliament

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  • 1560: Nicholas Heron and William Dormer[1]
  • 1585: Jasper Duff and William Bennett[1]
  • 1613–1615: Matthew Shee and James FitzHenry[1]
  • 1634–1635: Nicholas Dormer and Peter Rothe[2]
  • 1639–1649: Nicholas Dormer (expelled 1642) and Chichester Brook (expelled 1642)[1]
  • 1661–1666: Sir Thomas Dancer, 1st Baronet and Henry Nicholls[3]

1689–1801

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Year First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament Luke Dormer Richard Butler
1692 Thomas Crawford Sir Robert Doyne
1695 Francis Annesley
1703 Hon. Arthur Annesley Tory
1707 Amyas Bushe
1711 Jeffrey Paul[4]
1713 Edward Jones
1715 Thomas Meredyth Tory Edward Worth
1727 Charles Tottenham John Leigh
October 1759 Robert Leigh
November 1759 John Tottenham
1761 Charles Tottenham
1768 Charles Tottenham
1801 Replaced by Westminster constituency of New Ross

References

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  1. ^ a b c d McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
  2. ^ McGrath, Bríd. "A fragment of the Minute Book of the Corporation of New Ross, 1635" – via www.academia.edu. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 638.
  4. ^ At the general election in 1713 he was also returned for Co. Carlow, for which he chose to sit