County Kilkenny was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, County Kilkenny was represented with two members.
Members of Parliament 1376: Alexander de Balscot, Bishop of Ossory (replaced by Walter, son of William Coterelle of Kenlys) and Godfrey Forstall were elected to come to England to consult with the king and council about the government of Ireland and about an aid for the king. 1531 Rowland Fitzgerald, 2nd Baron of BurnchurchKildare Archaeological Society - Kilkea Castle - pages 9-10 - 4/20 to 5/20 citing,State papers, published under the authority of His Majesty's Commission. King Henry the Eighth, Volume 2, page 157 citing Calendar of Carew Manuscripts, 1532, Letter from Piers Butler, Earl of Ormond to Thomas Cromwell - National Archives website, also 'Calendar of the Carew Manuscripts: 1515-1574', Lambeth Palace Library - Jan 1867 · Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer 1559 Nicholas White and Walter Gall 1585 Gerard Blancheville and Robert Rothe 1613–1615 Lucas Shee and Robert Grace, Baron of Courtown 1634–1635 Robert Grace, Baron of Courtown and Edmund Butler of Polestown 1639–1649 Pierce Butler (expelled) and Walter Walsh 1661–1666 Sir John Ponsonby and Colonel Daniel Redman
1689–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 John Grace Robert Walsh 1692 Richard Coote William Ponsonby 1695 Agmondisham Cuffe 1703 Sir Henry Wemys 1715 William Flower 1721 Patrick Wemyss 1727 Hon. William PonsonbyStyled as Viscount Duncannon from 1739 1747 Patrick Wemys 1759 Henry Flood Patriot 1761 Hon. John Ponsonby Patriot James Agar 1776 Hon. Edmund Butler 1779 Joseph Deane 1783 William Brabazon Ponsonby Patriot (to 1789)Irish Whig (from 1789) Hon. Henry Welbore Agar Patriot/Irish Whig 1790 Walter ButlerStyled as Viscount Thurles from 1792 February 1796 Hon. John Wandesford Butler 1797 Hon. James Wandesford Butler Irish Whig 1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency County Kilkenny
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