Augher (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Augher was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until the Acts of Union 1800 came into force on 1 January 1801.

History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Augher was not represented.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

ElectionFirst MPSecond MP1613Ralph Birchenshaw Edward Skorye 1634 Robert Meredyth Sir James Erskine 1639 Robert Byron William Peasley, died and replaced in 1641 by Robert Martin 1661Henry Mervyn Richard Palfrey 1689 Augher was not represented in the Patriot Parliament 1692 James Moutray Archibald Richardson 1695 Sir Thomas Pakenham David Creighton 1703 James Moutray John Hamilton 1713 William Balfour Henry Mervyn 1727 Richard Tighe 1737 William Richardson 1739 Richard Gorges 1755 St George Richardson 1761 William Montgomery James Moutray 1768 Robert Rochfort 1776 George Hamilton Sir William Fortick October 1783 William RichardsonCreated a baronet in 1787 Henry Vaughan BrookeAlso elected for County Donegal in 1783, for which he chose to sit 1783 Samuel HayesCreated a baronet in 1789 1790 Thomas Coghlan Edmond Stanley 1794 John StewartAlso elected for Bangor in 1797, for which he chose to sit 1798 William Bailey James Galbraith 1801 Disenfranchised

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References

Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885

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