Kilbeggan (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
{{short description|Pre-1801 Irish constituency}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox UK constituency
| name = Kilbeggan
| type = borough
| borough = Kilbeggan
| county = County Westmeath
| region = Ireland
| parliament = ihc
| year = 1612
| abolished = 1801
| next = Disfranchised
}}
Kilbeggan was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1612 to 1800.
History
The borough was incorporated by James I by a Charter dated 27 February 1612. The charter conferred upon the elected portreeve and burgesses the right to return two Members to Parliament. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Kilbeggan was represented by two members.{{sfn|O'Hart|2007|p=504}} Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.
A sum of £15,000 was paid at the 1801 Union, to Gustavus Lambart as compensation for the loss of the elective franchise.{{cite web |url=http://www.irishmidlandsancestry.com/content/offaly/community/borough_kilbeggan.htm |title=The Midland Boroughs in the 1830s – Kilbeggan |website=irishmidlandsancestry.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205185905/http://www.irishmidlandsancestry.com/content/offaly/community/borough_kilbeggan.htm |archive-date=5 February 2012}}
Members of Parliament, 1612–1801
- 1613–1615 Sir Robert Newcomen and Beverly Newcomen{{Cite thesis|url=http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206|title = A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641|year = 1998|department = Department of History|publisher = Trinity College Dublin|degree = PhD|last1 = McGrath|first1 = Brid|hdl = 2262/77206}}
- 1634–1635 Edward Keating{{cite book|title=Strafford in Ireland 1633-1641: A Study in Absolutism|first=Hugh|last=Kearney|page=232}} and Robert Birley
- 1639–1649 Sir Robert Forth and John Warren (Warren died and was replaced in 1647 by Richard Lambart.
- 1661–1666 Walter Lambert (died and replaced 1665 by Francis Willoughby) and Oliver Lambert of Painstown{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2|page=636}}
=1689–1801=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| Election | colspan=3|First MP | colspan=3|Second MP |
|---|---|---|
| 1689
| style="background-color: white" | | | style="background-color: white" | | | ||
| 1692
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="2" | Oliver Lambart | rowspan="2" | | style="background-color: white" | | | ||
| 1695
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="2" | Charles Lambart | rowspan="2" | | ||
| 1703
| style="background-color: white" | | | ||
| 1713
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="3" | Brabazon Newcomen | rowspan="3" | | style="background-color: white" | | John PrestonAlso elected for County Meath in 1713, for which he chose to sit. | | ||
| 1715
| style="background-color: white" | | | ||
| 1715
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="3" | Charles Lambart | rowspan="3" | | ||
| 1727
| style="background-color: white" | | | ||
| 1741
| rowspan="4" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="4" | Gustavus Lambart | rowspan="4" | | ||
| 1753
| style="background-color: white" | | | ||
| 1761
| style="background-color: white" | | | ||
| 1768
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="2" | Charles Lambart | rowspan="2" | | ||
| 1776
| style="background-color: white" | | Sir Richard Johnston, 1st Bt | | ||
| 1783
| style="background-color: {{party color|Irish Patriot Party}}" | | Patriot | style="background-color: {{party color|Irish Patriot Party}}" | | Patriot | ||
| 1790
| style="background-color: white" | | | style="background-color: white" | | | ||
| 1798
| style="background-color: white" | | | rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="2" | Gustavus Lambart | rowspan="2" | | ||
| 1800
| style="background-color: white" | | | ||
| 1801
| | colspan="5" | 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 | year = 2007 }}
- {{Rayment-hc-ie|date=March 2012}}
{{Westmeath constituencies}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
Category:Historic constituencies in County Westmeath
Category:1612 establishments in Ireland
Category:1800 disestablishments in Ireland