Roscommon County (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
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County Roscommon was a
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represented in the
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from 1611 to 1800.


Members of Parliament

*1585 Sir Richard Bingham and Thomas Dillon *1613–1615 Sir John KingGordon Goodwin, ‘King, Sir John (died 1637)’, rev. Terry Clavin,
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, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008
and Sir Oliver St John *1634–1635 Sir Lucas Dillon *1639–1649 Sir Lucas Dillon and Henry (or Geoffrey) Dillon and Robert King *1654 (''
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'') Sir Robert King *1657 (''
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'') James King *1661 April–December Sir Charles Coote (replaced 1662 by George Lane) and Richard Jones.


1689–1801


Notes


References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roscommon County (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency) Historic constituencies in County Roscommon Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) 1611 establishments in Ireland 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies established in 1611 Constituencies disestablished in 1800