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Wexford Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Wexford
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Wexford
? (?) (? (?))–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byWexford (UKHC)

Wexford was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.

Members of Parliament

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  • 1376 James French
  • 1560 John Hassane and Richard Talbot[1]
  • 1585 Patrick Furlong and Patrick Talbot[1]
  • 1613–1615 John Turner and Robert Talbot[1]
  • 1634–1635 Patrick Talbot and Richard Cheevers (Cheevers died and replaced by John Furlong)[1]
  • 1639–1643 Patrick French (expelled) and John Talbot (expelled)(replaced 1646 by William Sacheverall)[1]
  • 1661–1666 Martin Noel and Thomas Hart[1]

1689–1801

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Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament William Talbot Francis Rooth
1692 John Fenn John Pulteney
1695 John Harvey Daniel Wybrants
1703 James Stopford Cadwallader Edwards
1713 Richard Saunders Thomas Meredyth Tory
1713 Edward Jones Cadwallader Edwards
1727 Henry Hatton
1735 Thomas Le Hunte
1735 Thomas Cuffe
1743 Robert Doyne
1761 Arthur Jones-Nevill
1768 Richard Le Hunt
1771 Richard Nevill
1783 Charles Tottenham Loftus
1785 Francis Leigh
1798 James Boyd
1800 Francis Leigh
1801 Succeeded by Westminster constituency Wexford Borough

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 637.