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Gowran (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

{{short description|Pre-1801 Irish constituency}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Use Hiberno-English|date=October 2020}}

{{Infobox UK constituency

| name = Gowran

| type = borough

| borough = Gowran

| county = County Kilkenny

| region = Ireland

| parliament = ihc

| year = 1609

| abolished = 1801

| next = Disfranchised

| seats = 2

}}

Gowran was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-02 |title=Gowran (Parliament of Ireland constituency) |url=https://seamusdubhghaill.com/tag/gowran-parliament-of-ireland-constituency/ |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=seamus dubhghaill |language=en}}

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Gowran was represented with two members.{{sfn|O'Hart|2007|p=502}}

Members of Parliament, 1609–1801

  • 1613–1615 John Swayne and Thomas Stanton{{Cite web|url=http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206|title=A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641|first=Brid|last=McGrath|date=24 October 1998|hdl=2262/77206}}
  • 1634–1635 John Hackett and James Kealy
  • 1639–1649 Sir Patrick Wemyss and Peter Butler (Butler resigned and replaced 1641 by Piers Crosbie)
  • 1661–1666 William Warden of Burnchurch and John Powell{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2|page=621}}

=1689–1801=

class="wikitable"
Electioncolspan=3|First MPcolspan=3|Second MP
1689

| rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" |

| rowspan="2" | Richard Butler

| rowspan="2" |

| style="background-color: white" |

| Walter Kelly

|

1689

| style="background-color: white" |

| Robert Fielding

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1692

| style="background-color: white" |

| Sir Charles Meredyth

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| style="background-color: white" |

| George Warburton

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1695

| style="background-color: white" |

| Edward May

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| style="background-color: white" |

| Joseph Stepney

|

1703

| style="background-color: white" |

| Patrick Wemyss

|

| style="background-color: white" |

| Robert MaudeCreated a baronet in 1705

|

November 1713

| style="background-color: white" |

| Sir Richard Levinge, 1st BtAlso elected for Kilkenny City in 1713, for which he chose to sit

|

| rowspan="3" style="background-color: white" |

| rowspan="3" | James AgarAlso elected for Callan in 1715, for which he chose to sit

| rowspan="3" |

1713

| style="background-color: white" |

| Patrick Wemyss

|

November 1715

| rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" |

| rowspan="2" | John Pepper

| rowspan="2" |

1715

| rowspan="4" style="background-color: white" |

| rowspan="4" | David Chaigneau

| rowspan="4" |

1725

| style="background-color: white" |

| William Martin

|

1727

| style="background-color: white" |

| Henry Agar

|

1747

| rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" |

| rowspan="2" | James Agar

| rowspan="2" |

1753

| style="background-color: white" |

| James Agar

|

1761

| style="background-color: white" |

| George Dunbar

|

| style="background-color: white" |

| William Henry Burton

|

1768

| style="background-color: white" |

| Hon. John PonsonbyAlso elected for County Kilkenny in 1768, for which he chose to sit.

|

| style="background-color: white" |

| James Agar

|

1769

| style="background-color: white" |

| Arthur Browne

|

| style="background-color: white" |

| Henry Prittie

|

1776

| style="background-color: white" |

| James Agar

|

| rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" |

| rowspan="2" | John Butler

| rowspan="2" |

1777

| style="background-color: white" |

| Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Bt

|

October 1783

| style="background-color: white" |

| Hon. Henry Welbore AgarAlso elected for County Kilkenny in 1783, for which he chose to sit.

|

| rowspan="3" style="background-color: white" |

| rowspan="3" | George Dunbar

| rowspan="3" |

1783

| style="background-color: white" |

| George Burdett

|

1790

| style="background-color: white" |

| Patrick Welch

|

1798

| style="background-color: white" |

| George Bunbury

|

| rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" |

| rowspan="2" | George Burdett

| rowspan="2" |

1800

| style="background-color: white" |

| Henry Verney Lovett Darby

|

1801

|

colspan="5" | Constituency disenfranchised

=Notes=

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References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book | last = O'Hart | first = John | title = The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland | publisher = Heritage Books | volume = II | isbn = 978-0-7884-1927-0 | date = 2007 }}
  • {{Rayment-hc-ie|date=March 2012}}

{{Kilkenny constituencies}}

{{coord missing|County Kilkenny}}

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