County Carlow

Members of Parliament

INDEX OF NAMES

MEMBERS FOR THE COUNTY

SURNAME CHRISTIAN NAME PAGE NUMBER
ALLEN John 13
AXTELL Colonel Daniel  7
BAGENAL Beauchamp 21, 24
BAGENAL Dudley 11
BAGNEL George 4
BAGNEL Walter 29, 30
BALL John 52
BERESFORD Denis W. Pack 56, 57
BLACKNEY Walter 38, 39
BRETT Lieut. Col. John 9
BRUEN Henry (1st) 25
BRUEN Henry (2nd) 30, 31, 33, 35, 44, 46, 48, 49, 52
BRUEN Henry (3rd) 55, 56, 57, 58
BUNBURY Thomas 49
BUNBURY William 22
BUNBURY William B. McClintock 51, 52, 54, 55, 56
BURDETT Thomas 15, 17
BURGH Sir Ulysses 31, 33
BURTON Right Hon. Benjamin 19
BURTON Robert 18
BURTON William 21, 22, 25, 28
BUTLER Edmond 2
BUTLER James 5
BUTLER Pierce 14
BUTLER Right Hon. Sir Pierce 15
BUTLER Richard 19
BUTLER Sir Richard, Bart. 25, 27, 28
BUTLER Thomas 19
BUTLER Sir Thomas, Bart. 6, 7
BUTLER Sir Thomas, Knight & Bart. 12, 13, 14
De VALLE Geoffry 1
De VALLE Philip 1
DOYLE Sir John Milley 38
EUSTACE Oliver 7
FENTON Geoffrey 3
FITZWILLIAM Sir William 2
HARRISON Francis 17
HYDE John 20
KAVANAGH Arthur 58
KAVANAGH Morgan 4
KAVANAGH Sir Morgan 5
KAVANAGH Thomas 34, 35, 44, 46
LATOUCHE David, Jnr 29, 30
LATOUCHE Robert 31
LUTTRELL Henry 11
Mc CLINTOCK (see BUNBURY)  
PAUL Jeffrey (of Ballyraggon) 15
PAUL Jeffrey (of Rathmore) 17, 18
RAPHAEL Alexander 45
REDMAN Daniel 8, 9
SADLEIR Colonel Thomas  7, 8
TEMPLE Sir John 10
TEMPLE William 10
TENCH John 12
VIGORS Nicholas Aylward 45, 47
WALLACE Thomas 39
WALLOP Sir Henry  
YATES John Ashton 47

MEMBERS FOR THE BROUGH
NAME CHRISTIAN NAME PAGE NUMBER
ACTON Sir John, Bart. 92
ALEXANDER John 89, 91
BAGOT Mark 62
BERE John 59
BRADSHAW Augustus Cavendish 72
BROWNE Hon. James Caulfeild 72
BROWNE Sir John, Bart. 71
BRUEN Francis 83, 85
BRYAN (see O'Brien)  
BURDETT Thomas 62, 67
BURTON Charles William (see Lord Tullamoore)  
CURTIS Robert 64
DAWSON Arthur, Jnr 71
DES VOEUX Sir Charles, Bart. 71
DOYNE Robert, Jnr 68
ELLIOT William 73
FAGAN William 94
FALKINER Sir F. J., Bart. 79
FLOOD Sir Frederick, Bart. 73
GISBORNE Thomas 86
HAMILTON James 68
HAMILTON John 67
HARMAN Edward 60
HARMAN Thomas 61
HARTPOLE Robert 61
HARVEY Charles 79, 80
HOARE Edward 69
HOWARD Hon. Charles 64
HYDE John 69
JACOB Sir Robert 59
JONES Edmond 64
LAYARD Brownlow Villiers 86
MAULE William Henry 83
O'BRIEN Sir Barnaby 59
ONLEY (see Harvey, Charles)  
ORMSBY Charles M. 75
PONSONBY Right Hon. John 70
PENDERGAST John 70
PRITTIE Hon. Francis A. 75
PRITTIE Henry Sadleir 73
RAWSON James 59
ROBINSON Hon. Frederick 77
RUSSELL Sir William, Bart. 63
SADLIER John 87,88
SOMERVILLE James 69
STOCK Osborne 93
STRAHAN Andrew 78
SYMES Lieut-Col. Michael 76
TEMPLE John 62
TULLAMOORE Lord 80, 81, 82
VANDELEUR John Ormsby 72
VIGORS Nicholas Aylward 82
WARREN John 62
WELDON Walter 63, 64, 67
WOLFE John 74
WOLSELEY Richard 64, 67
WOLSELEY Sir Richard, Bart. 68

MEMBERS FOR OLD LEIGHLIN
SURNAME CHRISTIAN NAME PAGE NUMBER
ACHESON Hon. Arthur 108, 110
AGAR James 100
ANDREWS Right Hon. Francis 104
AYLMER Sir Fitgerald, Bart. 105
BEAUCHAMP John 100, 101
BLAQUIERE Right Hon. Sir John 106, 107
BOURKE John 104
BOYLE Richard 99
BRETETON Roger 96
BUTLER Sir Francis, Knight 98
CARTER Thomas, Jnr. 102
CHAMBRE Walter 97
COOKE Edward 110, 112
CUSAKE James 96
DAVELLS Thomas 97
DORAN Daniel 99
DUIGENAN Patrick 111
DUNBAR John 99
FITZGERALD Richard 96
GILBERT St. Leger 101
JEPHSON Robert 108
JOCELYN Hon. Robert 101
JONES Edward 99
LESLIE Sir Edward, Bart. 110
LONG Darby 99
LUTTRELL Henry Lawes 108
MASSY Hugh 107
MEREDYTH Charles 98
MEREDYTH Sir Thomas 96
MONCK Thomas 105
NICHOLSON Edward 105
RIGBY Right Hon. Richard 103
ROCHE Sir Boyle, Bart. 112
TENCH John 100
TROTTER Thomas 101
WYBRANTS Peter 98

CANDIDATES DEFEATED AT POLLS
FOR THE COUNTY
SURNAME CHRISTIAN NAME PAGE NUMBER
BAGENAL Walter 17
BAGENAL Walter 31
BRUEN Henry (the 2nd) 40, 46
BUNBURY Thomas 47, 48
BUNBURY W. B. McClintock 53
BURDETT Thomas 14, 15
CAHILL Michael 44
KAVANAGH Thomas 40, 46
KAVANAGH Walter 29
KEOGH John Henry 53
NEWTON Philip 29
O'CONNELL David Jnr. 51
O'CONNELL Maurice 44
PONSONBY Hon. Frederick 49
ROCHFORT Horace 37
ROCHFORT JOHN 25
WARREN William Paul 23
YATES John Ashton 51

CANDIDATES DEFEATED AT POLLS
FOR THE BOROUGH
SURNAME CHRISTIAN NAME  PAGE NUMBER
ALEXANDER John 93
BAGENAL Philip 84
BROWNE John 63, 64
BROWNE Robert Clayton 88
BRUEN Francis 82, 85
BURDETT Thomas 63, 64
GISBORNE Thomas 85
JONES Edmond 62
LAYARD Brownlow Villiers 87
PONSONBY Arthur 91
ROCHFORT Horace 93, 94
SADLEIR John 91
TENCH John 67
VIGORS Nicholas Aylward 83

Note.¯The candidates whose names are printed in italics were successful on other occasions :  and will accordingly be also found amongst the lists of Members returned.

Reference:
"The parliamentary roll: comprising lists of the knights of the shire, and members for the borough of Carlow, from the earliest times to the introduction of the ballot, and of the representatives for Old Leighlin to the period of the Union.  With genalogical notes and illustrative extracts", by Robert Malcomson, 1872, pages 129 - 132.

"The present effort toward the formation of a Parliamentary Roll, for the County of Carlow, embraces every name that extended research and inquiry could discover.  The lists for the Borough of Carlow, and for the extinct Borough of Old Leighlin, are, we believe, perfect". etc

This book can be found at the County Carlow Library, Local History, Call # 324.941882 and the LDS Family History Catalogue, Call # British Book Area 941.88 H2ma.  

 

Members of Parliament for the Borough of Carlow

1613, May Sir John Bere, Kt., Dublin, Sergeant-at-Law.
Sir John Jacob, Kt., Dublin, Solicitor-General.
1634, July The Hon. Barnaby O'Brien.
James Rawson, Esq., Dublin.
1634, Janr. Edward Harman, Esq., vice O'Brien, absent in England.
1639, Mar. Robert Hartpole of Shrule Castle, Queen's Co.
Thomas Harman, Esq., of Athy, Co. Kildare.
1642, June Robert Hartpole was disqualified for Rebellion.
1661, May (Sir) John Temple (Kt.), Palmerstown, Co. Dublin, afterwards Solicitor-General.
Thomas Burdett, Esq., Garryhill, Co. Carlow.
1689, May Mark Baggot, Esq.
John Warren, Esq.
1692, Sept. Sir William Russell, Bart.
Walter Weldon, Esq., Rahinderry, Queen's Co.
1695, Aug. Edmond Jones, Esq.
Robert Curtis, Esq., Roscrea, Co. Tipperary.
1703, Sept. Richard Wolseley, Esq., Mount Arran, (now Mount Wolseley), Tullow, Co. Carlow.
The Honble. Charles Howard.
1703, Oct. Walter Weldon, Esq., Rahinderry, vice Howard, not duly elected.
1713, Nov. (Sir) Thomas Burdett (Bart.), of Garryhill.
Walter Weldon.
1715, Oct. Richard Wolseley.
Walter Weldon
1725, Sept. Walter Weldon, Esq.
John Hamilton, Esq., Holmpatrick, Co. Dublin vice Wolseley, deceased.
1727, Sept. James Hamilton, Esq., Cloghnowe, Johnstown, Co. Dublin.
(Sir) Richard Wolseley (Bart.), Mount Arran.
1761, Oct. Robert Burton, Esq.
Sir Richard Wolseley, Bart.
1765, Oct. Sir Richard Wolseley, Bart.
Robert Doyne, junr., Esq., Wells, Co. Carlow, vice Burton, deceased.
1768, Oct. John Hyde, Esq., Castle Hyde, Co. Cork.
Edward Hoare, Esq.
James Somerville, Esq., vice Hyde, who was elected for Co. Cork.
1776, June Rt. Hon. John Ponsonby, who made his election to serve for the Co. Kilkenny.
John Prendergast, Esq.
Arthur Dawson, Esq., vice Ponsonby.
1783, Oct. Sir John Browne, Bart.
Charles Desvoeux, Esq.
1790, Jan. Sir John Browne, Bart.
Sir Charles Desvoeux, Bart.
The Honble. James Caulfield Browne, vice Sir John, created Baron Kilmaine.
1790, July Honble. Augustus Cavendish Bradshaw.
John Ormsby Vandeleur, Esq, Kilrush, Co. Clare.
1798, Jan. Henry Sadlier Pritter, Esq.
William Elliot, Esq.
John Wolfe, Esq., vice Elliot for Kilkenny.
On the 2nd August, 1800, Parliament was prorogued, and, in consequence of the Act of the union, did not again assemble in Ireland.  From this period to 18[?] the Carlow Borough returned only one Member.
"The Castle and Manor of Carlow" page 396, Chapter XII.

 
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