Jamestown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Jamestown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It took its name from Jamestown, County Leitrim.

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

Jamestown was a small village containing approximately 48 houses.

Members of Parliament, 1622–1801 1634–1635 Charles Coote jnr and Sir William Anderson 1639–1649 Sir John Giffard and Sir Francis Hamilton 1661–1666 Sir Robert Meredith and Sir William Dixon

1689–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 Alexander Mac Donnell William Shanley 1692 John Mahon Robert Smith 1695 Edmond Reynell 1703 John King 1709 Gilbert King 1715 Hon. Algernon Coote 1721 Richard Geering John King 1727 Robert French 1737 Gilbert King 1745 Richard Liddell 1747 John Gore 1761 Roger Palmer Edward Loftus 1768 James Browne John FitzGibbon 1776 Viscount Westport Richard Martin Patriot 1781 John Hall 1783 Sir Francis Hutchinson Henry Bruen 1790 Arthur Wolfe Henry Wood 1796 Robert Edward KingStyled as The Honourable from 1797 1798 Gilbert King John King 1801 Disenfranchised

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