Meath (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Meath was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Members of Parliament * 1370 (Dublin): James de la Hyde and John Fitz John * 1370 (Kilkenny): Simon Cusak and John ____ * 1374 Sir Richard Plunkett * 1378 John Freignes ( amerced of 100 marks for non-attendance) * 1560 Sir Christopher Cheevers and Patrick Barnewall of Crickston * 1585 Richard Barnewall of Crickstown and John Netterville of Dowth * 1613 Robert Barnewall of Robertstown and Patrick Hussey, 13th Baron Galtrim * 1634–1635 Nicholas Plunkett and Patrick Hussey, 13th Baron Galtrim * 1639–1642 Sir Richard Barnewall, 2nd Baronet (expelled) and Nicholas Plunkett (expelled) * 1642–1649 Sir John Temple and Thomas Ashe * 1661 Sir Robert Forth Sir Robert Forth (c.1600-c.1663) was an Irish statesman of the seventeenth century, and an influential figure in the political crisis of 1640–41. He sat in the Irish House of Commons and was a member of the Privy Council of Ireland.Perceval-Maxw ...
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County Constituency
In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons. Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called "constituencies" as opposed to " wards": * The House of Commons (see Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom) * The Scottish Parliament (see Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions) * The Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament, Senedd (see National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions, Senedd constituencies and electoral regions) * The Northern Ireland Assembly (see Northern Ireland Assembly constituencies) * The London Assembly (see List of London Assembly constituencies) Between 1921 and 1973 the following body also included members elected by constituencies: * The Parliament of Northern Ireland (see Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies) Electoral areas called constituencies were previously used in election ...
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Patriot Parliament
Patriot Parliament is the name commonly used for the Irish Parliament session called by King James II during the Williamite War in Ireland which lasted from 1688 to 1691. The first since 1666, it held only one session, which lasted from 7 May 1689 to 20 July 1689. The House of Commons was 70 members short since there were no elections in the northern counties; as a result, its members were overwhelmingly Old English and Catholic. Sir Richard Nagle was elected speaker while the House of Lords was led by Baron Fitton; the opposition was led by Anthony Dopping, a Church of Ireland cleric who served as the Bishop of Meath. Irish nationalist historian Sir Charles Gavan Duffy first used the term Patriot Parliament in 1893 but in reality, it was deeply divided. The deliberate destruction of its records after 1695 mean assessments, both negative and positive, often rely on individual accounts. Background Despite his Catholicism, James II became king in 1685 with widespread suppor ...
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Hercules Langford Rowley
Hercules Langford Rowley PC ( – 25 March 1794) was an Irish politician and landowner. Early life Rowley was born . He was the only son of Frances (née Upton) Rowley and Hercules Rowley, a Member of Parliament for County Londonderry from 1703 until his death in 1742. His sister, Dorothy Beresford Rowley, was the wife of Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt (parents of Edward and Richard, the 2nd and 3rd Viscounts Powerscourt). His father was the only son of Sir John Rowley (who was knighted for his services at the time of the Restoration) and the former Mary Langford (eldest daughter and heiress of Sir Hercules Langford, 1st Baronet). In 1661, his great-grandfather Langford bought Lynch's Castle (located on the Sumerhill demesne in County Meath) and many other townlands from The Rt Rev. Dr. Henry Jones, the Lord Bishop of Meath. Among his extended family were aunts Anne Rowley (wife of Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet), and Mary Rowley (wife of James Clotworthy). ...
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Arthur Francis Meredyth
Arthur Francis Meredyth (1726 – 1775) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Meredyth represented County Meath in the Irish House of Commons from 1751 to 1760.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.107 (Retrieved 28 October 2022). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Meredyth, Arthur Francis 1726 births 1775 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Meath constituencies Arthur Arthur is a common male given name of Brittonic languages, Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. An ...