List of Irish MPs 1661–1666

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This is a list of members elected to the Irish House of Commons in 1661. The parliament sat until 1666 and consisted of almost 300 MPs at a time during this period.

NameConstituencyNotes
Nicholas BaylyNewry
Henry BellinghamCounty Louth
Randal BeresfordColeraine
Tristram BeresfordCounty Londonderry
Sir George BinghamCastlebar
John BlennerhassettCounty Kerry
John BlennerhassettTralee
Sir George BlundellPhilipstown
Joshua BoyleClonakilty
Richard Boyle County CorkEnnobled and replaced 1665 by Roger Boyle, 2nd Earl of Orrery.
Sir Thomas BramhallDungannon
St John BroderickKinsale
Sir Allen BroderickDungarvan
Thomas BurdettCarlow
Sir Francis ButlerOld Leighlin
Lord John ButlerDublin University
Stephen ButlerBelturbetDied and replaced in 1662 by his son Francis Butler
John CampbellCallan
Thomas CaulfeildCharlemont
Sir Arthur ChichesterDungannon
Randolph Clayton Kinsale
John Cliffe Taghmon
Sir John Cole County Fermanagh
Sir Michael Cole Enniskillen
Sir Robert Cole Enniskillen
Dudley Colley Philipstown
Sir Peter Courthorpe Cork City
Edward CookClogher
Charles CooteCounty RoscommonReplaced 1662 by George Lane, 1st Viscount Lanesborough.
John CraigeStrabane
James Cuffe County Mayo
Henry DavysBelfast
Hercules Davys Carrickfergus
John DavysCounty Antrim
Sir Paul Davys County Kildare
Sir William Davys Dublin City
William Davys County FermanaghDied and replaced 1662 by Henry Blennerhassett
Carey DillonBanagher
Sir William DomvilleDublin City
Matthew DraperClogher
Sir John EdgeworthSt Johnstown (Co Longford)
Sir Maurice Eustace jnrKnocktopher
Gerald Fitzgerald Limerick City
Robert Fitzgerald County Kildare
Sir William Flower St Canice
Sir Arthur Forbes County Tyrone
Sir Robert ForthCounty Meath
Arthur FrekeClonakilty
Sir Thomas GiffordTrim
John GilbertMaryborough
Sir Arthur GoreCounty Mayo
Robert GorgesBandonbridge
Isaac GranierEnnis
Sir Francis HamiltonCounty Cavan
Hans HamiltonCounty Armagh
William HandcockCounty Westmeath
Francis HarveyClonmines
Arthur HillCounty Down
Moyses HillDrogheda
Henry HowardTallowBy-election May 1661
Sir Henry Ingoldsby County Clare
Thomas KeatingBallynakill
Sir William King County Limerick
William KnightBelfast
Sir Richard Kyrle Cork City
Sir Theophilus Jones County Meath
Oliver Jones Knocktopher
Oliver JonesCounty Roscommon
Dr Dudley Loftus Bannow
Sir Nicholas LoftusFethard (County Wexford)
Boyle MaynardYoughal
Charles MeredythOld Leighlin
Sir Audley Mervyn County TyroneSpeaker
Henry MervynAugher
Martin NoelWexford Borough
Henry O'Brien, Lord IbrackanCounty Clare
Robert OliverCounty Limerick
Sir Richard Osborne County Waterford
Richard PalfreyAugher
Henry PierceSt Johnstown (Co Longford)
Alexander PigottMaryborough
Nicholas PlunkettCounty Meath[citation needed]
John PonsonbyCounty Kilkenny
Thomas PooleyMallow
John PoveySwords
Richard PowerWaterford CitySucceeded to peerage 1661 and replaced by James, Lord Annesley
Sir Nicholas PurdonBaltimore
William PurefoyEnnis
John ReadBandonbridge
Sir George RawdonCarlingford
Sir Richard ReynellAthboy
Edward RichardsonCounty Armagh
Robin RouxLimerick City
Launcelot SandesCounty Kerry
Robert ShapcoteCounty Wicklow
Sir John SkeffingtonCounty Antrim
Owen SilverYoughal
Boyle Smith TallowElected April 1661. Died May 1661.
Richard SouthwellAskeaton
Sir Oliver St GeorgeCounty Galway
Sir Heywood St LegerMallow
Sir Thomas StanleyCounty Louth
Alexander StaplesStrabaneExpelled and replaced 1665 by Sir Peter Harvey
Archibald StewartTallowBy-election May 1661
Sir John Temple County Carlow
Sir William Temple County Carlow
Richard Townsend Baltimore
Marcus Trevor County Down
Sir Henry TynteCounty CorkDied 1661 and replaced by Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet. Perceval died 1665 and was replaced by John St Ledger.
Arthur UptonCarrickfergus
Nicholas Ward Downpatrick
Sir James Ware Dublin University
John WeaverKing's County
William WeldonAthy
Oliver WheelerSt Canice
Folliott WingfieldTallowApril 1661

References

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  • "Part II; Parliaments of Ireland". Return of the name of every member of the lower house of parliament of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with name of constituency represented, and date of return, from 1213 to 1874. Command papers. Vol. C.69-I. HMSO. 1878. pp. 603–691.