County Cavan (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Pre-1801 Irish constituency
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County Cavan was a county constituency representing County Cavan in the Irish House of Commons, the lower house in the Parliament of Ireland of the Kingdom of Ireland. The parliamentary boroughs of Belturbet and Cavan were separately represented.[1]
| County Cavan | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Cavan |
| –1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | County Cavan (UKHC) |
Under the Acts of Union 1800, the county was represented from 1 January 1801 by the Westminster constituency of County Cavan with two MPs in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The boroughs of Belturbet and Cavan lost their separate representation.
Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.
Members of Parliament
| Election | First MP | Second MP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1585 | Philip Reilly | Edmund Reilly[2] | ||||
| 1613 | Sir Oliver Lambart | Sir John Fishe[2] | ||||
| 1634 | Sir Stephen Butler | Lucas Dillon[2] | ||||
| 1639 | Colonel Philip O'Reilly (expelled 1642) | Robert Bailey[2] | ||||
| 1661 | Sir Francis Hamilton, 3rd Baronet | Thomas Coote[3] | ||||
| 1689[4] | Philip Reyley | John Reyly | ||||
| 1692 | Sir Francis Hamilton, 3rd Bt | Robert Saunderson[a] | ||||
| 1697 | Francis White | |||||
| 1703 | Theophilus Butler | |||||
| 1713 | Robert Saunderson | |||||
| 1715 | Mervyn Pratt | Brockhill Newburgh | ||||
| 1727 | Charles Coote (I) | John Maxwell | ||||
| 1751 | Hon. Brinsley Butler[b] | |||||
| 1756 | Hon. Barry Maxwell | |||||
| 1761 | Charles Coote (II) | |||||
| 1766 | William Stewart | |||||
| 1768 | Hon. Barry Maxwell | George Montgomery | Patriot | |||
| 1780 | Hon. John James Maxwell | |||||
| 1783 | Charles Stewart | |||||
| 1788 | John Maxwell[c] | |||||
| 1788 | Francis Saunderson | |||||
| 1793 | Viscount Maxwell | |||||
| 1800 | Nathaniel Sneyd | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Cavan | |||||
- Notes
Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hon. Brinsley Butler | 506 | ||||
| Charles Coote (II) | 466 | ||||
| George Montgomery | 436 | ||||
| Hon. Barry Maxwell | 467 | ||||