County Leitrim (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Pre-1801 Irish constituency
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County Leitrim was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801
| County Leitrim | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Leitrim |
| –1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Leitrim (UKHC) |
County constituency
County Leitrim was represented by two MPs in the Irish House of Commons. It continued to be represented by two MPs in the United Kingdom House of Commons after 1801.
Members of Parliament
- 1613–1615 William Reynolds and Gerald Nugent[1]
- 1634–1635 Charles Reynolds and __ Crofton[1]
- 1639–1649 Humphrey Reynolds and Sir Charles Coote[1]
- 1661–1666 Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet (sat for Galway and replaced by Sir George St George) and Robert Parke[2]
1689–1801
| Election | First MP | Second MP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | Edmond Reynolds | Iriel Farrell | ||||
| 1692 | John Reynolds | James Wynne | ||||
| 1695 | Theophilus Jones I | |||||
| 1703 | William Gore I | |||||
| 1730 | William Gore II | |||||
| 1743 | Hugh Crofton | |||||
| 1761 | Theophilus Jones II | John Wynne | ||||
| 1768 | Nathaniel Clements | William Gore II | ||||
| 1769 | William Gore III | |||||
| 1776 | Henry Theophilus Clements[3] | Theophilus Jones II | ||||
| 1783 | Peter La Touche | |||||
| 1784 | John Gore | |||||
| 1790 | Henry Theophilus Clements | Theophilus Jones II | ||||
| 1796 | Peter La Touche | |||||
| 1798 | Nathaniel Clements, Viscount Clements | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by Westminster constituency of Leitrim | |||||