County Carlow Members of Parliament

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County Carlow

Members of Parliament

(Creation 1801 - Abolition 1885)

INDEX OF NAMES

Source: Transcribed & Contributed by Susie Warren

'''Carlow Borough''' was a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one MP.

Boundaries = This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Carlow in County Carlow.

The boundaries of the Cities and Boroughs in Ireland were defined by an Act passed in 1832, whose long title was "An Act to settle and describe the Limits of Cities, Towns, and Boroughs in Ireland, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament." This legislation was subsequently given the short title of the [[Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832].

The boundaries of this constituency were described as follows.

"From the Point below the Town at which the [[River Barrow]] is met by the Southern Wall of the Grounds of the House belonging to Mr. Carey, Adjutant to the Carlow Militia, Eastward, along the said Wall to the Point at which the same meets the Kilkenny Road; thence in a straight Line to the Southern Corner of the Infirmary; thence in a straight Line to the Point a little above the Barracks at which the [[River Burren]] is joined by a small Stream; thence up the said Stream, and across the Tullow Road, to the Point at which the same Stream is met by a Hedge which runs down thereto from opposite the Southern End of the Plantation attached to the House on the Baltinglass Road which belongs to Mr. Hunt and is occupied by Mr. Butler; thence along the said Hedge to the Point at which the same meets the Baltinglass Road; thence in a straight Line in the Direction of the Cupola of the Lunatic Asylum to the Point at which such straight Line cuts a Road which runs between the Baltinglass Road and the Dublin Road; thence in a straight Line to a Gate on the Eastern Side of the Dublin Road which is distant about One hundred Yards to the North of the North-eastern Corner of the Enclosure Wall of the Lunatic Asylum; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which the Road to Athy is met by the North Boundary of the Demesne of the Roman Catholic Bishop; thence along the said Boundary till it meets the River at the Point; thence along the River to the North Corner of the Wall of the Burial Ground; thence in a straight Line to the Spire of Graigue Church; thence in a straight Line to the Summer House in Mr. Wilson's Garden; thence in a straight Line to the Point first described."

Source: NationMaster.com

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 genealogical 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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