Newcastle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

Newcastle was enfranchised by James I. By the late eighteenth century it had 13 electors, all non-resident. The patronage of the borough was sold by Lord Lanesborough to David La Touche in the between 1776 and 1779, allegedly for £7,000. The borough was disfranchised by the Acts of Union 1800, with effect from 1 January 1801, with £15,000 compensation paid under the will of David La Touche.

Members of Parliament 1613–1615 Sir William Parsons, 1st Baronet of Bellamont and William Rolles 1634–1635 Sir John Dongan and Patrick Sherlock 1639–1642 Sir John Dongan and Sir Henry Talbot (both expelled for non-attendance) 1642–1646 Edmond Keating (election declared void – replaced 1643 by Arthur Whyte) 1646–1649 Henry Kenny and Cosny Molloy 1661–1666 Peter Wybrant and Francis Paisley

1689–1801 ElectionFirst memberSecond member 1689 Thomas Arthur John Talbot 1692 Richard Morris Daniel Reading 1695 John Tench Thomas Pooley 1703 Daniel Reading John South 1707 Daniel Reading 1711 Charles Monck 1713 Edward Deane 1715 Charles Monck 1726 Anthony Sheppard 1727 Robert Sandford James Coghill 1735 James Butler 1743 John Butler 1761 John FitzGibbon 1768 William Stewart 1776 Robert Gamble 1783 David La Touche John La Touche 1785 Thomas Whaley 1790 David La Touche David La Touche January 1798 John La Touche 1798 David La Touche 1801 Constituency disfranchised Notes

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