Thomastown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Thomastown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Following the Acts of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised.

Members of Parliament 1560 Francis Cosby and Henry Colley 1585 Walter Sherlock and Robert Porter 1613–1615 Robert Porter and Nicolas Robucke 1634–1635 Patrick Sherlock and Jacob Walsh 1639–1649 Seafoule Gibson and Michael Wandesford 1661–1666 Robert Shapcote (sat for Wicklow Borough and replaced 1661 by John Brett) and Thomas Burrell

1689–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 Robert Grace, Snr Robert Grace, Jnr 1692 William Harrison John Hayes 1695 Christopher Hewetson Arthur Bushe 1703 John Beauchamp 1713 Amyas Bushe 1715 William Flower John Cuffe 1715 William Despard 1721 Richard Bettesworth 1727 Luke Gardiner Nicholas Aylward 1755 Redmond Morres 1757 Hon. Joseph Leeson 1761 Alexander McAuley Thomas Eyre 1767 Lord Frederick Campbell 1768 James Agar Thomas Maunsell 1769 George Dunbar 1776 Robert Forde Edward Bellingham Swan 1783 George Roth Patrick Welch 1786 George Bunbury 1790 George Burdett 1798 George Dunbar James Kearney March 1800 Hon. Charles William Stewart April 1800 William Gardiner May 1800 John Francis Cradock 1801 Constituency disenfranchised

See also Thomastown, a town in County Kilkenny Irish House of Commons List of Irish constituencies

References

Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534–1691, Oxford University Press, 1978