Baltimore was a potwalloper constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1801.

Borough This constituency was a parliamentary borough based in the town of Baltimore in County Cork.

Potwalloper A potwalloper (sometimes or potwaller) is an archaic term referring to a borough constituency returning members to the British House of Commons before 1832 and the Reform Act created a uniform suffrage. Several potwalloper constituencies were also represented in the Irish House of Commons, prior to its abolition in 1801. A potwalloper borough was one in which a householder had the right to vote if he had, in his house, a hearth large enough to boil, or wallop, a cauldron, or pot. The electors for Baltimore were tenants at will of the Freke family.

History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Baltimore was represented with two members.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

Baltimore, Incorporated 25 March 1613.

1613–1615 1613 Sir Thomas Crooke, 1st Baronet 1613 Henry Piers 1634–1635 1634 Lott Peere, absent in England and replaced 1634 by James Travers 1634 Edward Skipwith, 1639–1641 1639 Bryan Jones 1639 Henry Knyveton 1661–1666 1661 Sir Nicholas Purdon 1661 Richard Townsend

1689–1801

ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 Daniel O'Donovan Jeremiah O'Donovan 1692 Thomas Beecher Edward Richardson 1703 Percy Freke 1707 Edward Riggs 1709 Francis Langston 1713 Richard Barry Michael Beecher 1715 William Southwell 1721 Sir Percy Freke, 2nd Bt 1727 Richard Tonson 1728 Sir John Freke, 3rd BtAlso elected for Cork City in 1761, for which he chose to sit 1761 William Clements 1768 Sir John Evans-Freke, 1st Bt 1771 Jocelyn Deane 1777 William Evans 1781 James Chatterton 1783 Viscount Sudley Richard Longfield 1790 Sir John Evans-Freke, 2nd Bt Richard Grace 1798 George Evans-Freke 1801 Disenfranchised

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