Dublin City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Dublin City
Dublin City
Former borough constituency; for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Dublin
Borough	Dublin
1264–1801
Seats	2
Replaced by	Dublin City (UKHC)

Dublin City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1801.

History

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.

Members of Parliament, 1264–1801

1557 James Stanihurst (speaker)^[2]
1560 James Stanihurst (speaker) and Robert Golding^[2]
1569 James Stanihurst (speaker)^[2]
1585 George Taylor and Nicholas Ball^[2]
1613-1615 Richard Bolton and Richard Barry^[2]
1634-1635 Richard Barry and Nathaniel Catelyn Speaker^[2]
1639–1649 Richard Barry and John Bysse^[2]
1654–55: Daniel Hutchinson
1656–58: Richard Tighe
1659: Arthur Annesley
1661–1666 William Smith and Sir William Davys^[3]

1689–1801

Election	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
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		Benjamin Burton	Whig
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	Charles Burton^{[note 3]}		James Dunn
1761	James Grattan		Charles Lucas	Radical/Patriot
1767	Marquess of Kildare	Patriot	Charles Lucas	Radical/Patriot
1771	Marquess of Kildare	Patriot	William Clement
1773	Redmond Morres
1776	Sir Samuel Bradstreet, 3rd Bt	Independent
1782	Sir Samuel Bradstreet, 3rd Bt	Independent	Travers Hartley
1784	Nathaniel Warren		Travers Hartley
1790	Lord Henry FitzGerald	Patriot	Henry Grattan	Patriot
1797	Arthur Wolfe		John Claudius Beresford
July 1798	George Ogle	Whig	John Claudius Beresford
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Dublin City

Elections

General Election 1790: Dublin City^[4]
	Candidate	Votes
Patriot	Henry Grattan	1695
Patriot	Lord Henry FitzGerald	1695
Pro-Government	Lord Mayor John Exshaw	836
Pro-Government	Alderman Henry Gore Sankey	776

Notes

^ Created a baronet in 1748
^ Declared not duly elected in 1749
^ Created a baronet in 1758

References

^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 614.
^ Grattan, Henry (1841). Memoirs of the Life and Times of the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan, Volume 3. H. Colburn. p. 463.

Bibliography

O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
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.

[4] Created a baronet in 1748

[5] Declared not duly elected in 1749

[6] Created a baronet in 1758

[FOOTNOTEO'Hart2007501-1] O'Hart 2007, p. 501.

[MP-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.

[3] Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 614.

[7] Grattan, Henry (1841). Memoirs of the Life and Times of the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan, Volume 3. H. Colburn. p. 463.

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Dublin City
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Dublin
Borough	Dublin
1264 (1264) (1264 (1264))–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Dublin City (UKHC)