Askeaton (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Askeaton
Askeaton
Former borough constituency; for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Limerick
Borough	Askeaton
1614–1801
Replaced by	Disfranchised

Askeaton was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Askeaton was represented with two members.^[1]

Election	First member	Second member
1613	Roger Rice	Anthony Stoughton^[2]
1634	Maurice Williams	Sir Hardress Waller^[2]
1639	George Crofton	Maurice Williams (resigned and replaced by William Dobbins)^[2]
1661	Sir Anthony Morgan	Richard Southwell^[3]
1689 Patriot Parliament	John Bourke	Edward Rice
1692	John Odell	Robert Taylor
1695	George Evans	Robert Taylor
1696	George Evans	Chichester Phillips
1703	Robert Taylor	Chichester Phillips
1713	Robert Taylor	Philip Perceval
1715	John Bury	Edward Denny
1723	Berkeley Taylor	Edward Denny
1727	Berkeley Taylor	Edward Taylor
1737	William Taylor
1747	John Minchin-Walcott
1753	Edmond Malone
1761	Joseph Hoare^{[note 1]}	James Cotter^{[note 2]}
1768		John Tunnadine
1776		Hon. Hugh Massy
1783		Richard Griffith
1790		Henry Alexander
January 1798		John Stewart^{[note 3]}
1798		Sir Vere Hunt, 1st Baronet
1801	Disenfranchised

^ O'Hart 2007, p. 503.
^ ^a ^b ^c McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 624.

O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.