Newcastle was a constituency represented in the
Irish House of Commons
The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fran ...
to 1801.
Newcastle, County Dublin was enfranchised by James I. By the late eighteenth century it had 13 electors, all non-resident. The patronage of the borough was sold by
Lord Lanesborough to
David La Touche in the 1770s.
[E. M. Johnston-Liik, ''History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800'', vol. II, p. 235.]
Members of Parliament
*1613–1615
Sir William Parsons, 1st Baronet of Bellamont
Sir William Parsons, 1st Baronet of Bellamont, PC (Ire) ( – 1650), was Lord Justice of Ireland from 1640 to 1643. He also served as Surveyor General of Ireland and was an undertaker in several plantations. He was known as a "land-hun ...
and William Rolles
*1634–1635 Sir John Dongan and Patrick Sherlock
[
*1639–1642 Sir John Dongan and Sir Henry Talbot (both expelled for non-attendance)][
*1642–1646 Edmond Keating (election declared void – replaced 1643 by Arthur Whyte)]
*1646–1649 Henry Kenny and Cosny Molloy[
*1661–1666 Peter Wybrant and Francis Paisley][
]
1689–1801
Notes
References
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Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
Historic constituencies in County Dublin
1800 disestablishments in Ireland
Constituencies disestablished in 1800
1613 establishments in Ireland