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. 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.
Members of Parliament, 1612–1801 1613–1615 Sir Robert Newcomen and Beverly Newcomen 1634–1635 Edward Keating 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
1689–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 Bryan Geoghegan Charles Geoghegan 1692 Oliver Lambart John Wakeley 1695 Charles Lambart 1703 Patrick Fox 1713 Brabazon Newcomen John PrestonAlso elected for County Meath in 1713, for which he chose to sit. 1715 William FitzHerbert 1715 Charles Lambart 1727 Charles Lambart 1741 Gustavus Lambart 1753 Hamilton Lambart 1761 Thomas Tipping 1768 Charles Lambart 1776 Sir Richard Johnston, 1st Bt 1783 Henry Flood Patriot John Philpot Curran Patriot 1790 Thomas Burgh William Sherlock 1798 Sir Francis Hopkins, 1st Bt Gustavus Lambart 1800 Thomas Goold 1801 Disenfranchised
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