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Mallow (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Mallow
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Cork
BoroughMallow
1613 (1613) (1613 (1613))–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byMallow

Mallow was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800 and was incorporated by Charter of 1613, with a further charter of 1689. It was a manor borough, the franchise being vested in the freeholders of the manor and the returning officer its Seneschal. It was controlled by the Jephson family until the 1780s.

Members of Parliament

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1613–1801

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Election First member First party Second member Second party
1613 Samuel Molyneux James Ware
1634 Sir Thomas Wenman Donogh O'Brien
1639 William Kingsmill Thomas Beckett
1642 Joshua Boyle
1661 Heywood St Leger Thomas Pooley
1689 Patriot Parliament John Barret David Nagle
1692 Laurence Clayton John Jephson
1695 William Jephson
1699 Bartholomew Purdon
1713 William Jephson Anthony Jephson
1716 William Brodrick
1727 Sir Courthorpe Clayton
1756 Denham Jephson
1761 William Jephson
1768 Denham Jephson
1781 Anthony Jephson
1783 Sir James Cotter, 2nd Bt
1790 John Longfield
1801 Replaced by Westminster constituency Mallow

Elections

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  • 1692
  • 1695
  • 1699 (by-election)
  • 1703
  • 1713
  • 1715
  • 1716
  • 1727
  • 1756
  • 1761
  • 1768
  • 1776
  • 1781
  • 1783
  • 1790
  • 1797

References

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  • Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4,[1]
  • T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
  • Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press ISBN 1-84682-030-8
  • Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

See also

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