Kildare Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Kildare was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition in 1801.

History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Kildare Borough was represented with two members.

Members of Parliament 1560 John Abells and John Moore 1585 John Wesley and William Shirgold 1613–1615 Thomas Farbeck and Walter Fitzgerald 1634–1635 Christopher Wandesford and Philip Pilsworth 1639–1642 Christopher Wandesford (replaced by Nicholas Whyte) and Sir George Wentworth (died and replaced 1641 by Patrick Sarsfield) (Whyte and Sarsfield expelled 1642) 1642–1649 Alexander Borrowes (died and replaced 1643 by Robert Kennedy) 1661–1666 Francis Peasley (sat for Newcastle – replaced by Sir Thomas Harman) and John Pecke

1689–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 Francis Leigh Robert Porter 1692 Thomas Medlycott Francis Robartes August 1695 William PalmerAlso elected for Castlebar in 1695, for which he chose to sit 1695 John Davys 1703 Thomas Jones Richard Locke 1715 James Barry Maurice KeatingDeclared not duly elected in 1715 1716 Richard Warren 1725 Maurice Keating 1727 Robert Dixon 1732 John Digby 1735 Robert Downes 1755 Robert Harman May 1761 Edward SandfordAlso elected for Harristown in 1761, for which he chose to sit Henry Sandford 1761 Garret FitzGerald 1768 Marquess of KildareAlso elected for Dublin City in 1768, for which he chose to sit Patriot Maurice Keating 1769 Simon Digby Joseph Henry 1776 Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt 1783 Lord Henry FitzGerald Patriot 1790 Robert Graydon 1796 Jones Harrison 1798 James FitzGerald Patriot Brydges Trecothic Henniker 1801 Disenfranchised

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