Clogher was a borough constituency in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It represented the "city" of Clogher in County Tyrone. The city, actually no more than a village, gained its importance as the site of the cathedral of the Church of Ireland diocese of Clogher. The constituency was a rotten borough in the gift of the bishop. When the constituency was disestablished, bishop John Porter's claim for £15,000 compensation was disallowed.
Members of Parliament, 1264–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP1613 George Watkins William Ferrar 1634 Sir Henry Spotteswood Edward Ascough 1639 George Wandesford Henry Mannings 1661 Edward Cook Matthew Draper, died and repl. 1661 by John Paine 1689 Clogher was not represented in the Patriot Parliament 1692 Edward Davis John RogersonKnighted in 1693 August 1695 William WolseleyAlso elected for Longford Borough in 1695, for which he chose to sit Richard Johnston 1695 Henry TenisonAlso elected for County Monaghan in 1695, for which he chose to sit. 1696 Sir Robert Staples, 4th Bt 1703 Richard St George Henry St George 1713 Thomas Ashe 1723 James Coghill 1727 Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt Silvester Crosse 1731 Walter CareyAlso spelt 'Cary' 1733 Richard Vincent 1757 Nehemiah Nixon Donnellan 1761 Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Bt Samuel Lowe 1765 William Moore 1768 John Staples 1776 Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Bt Thomas St George 1783 Sackville Hamilton 1785 John Francis Cradock 1790 Richard Townsend Herbert 1795 Hon. Thomas Pelham January 1798 Sir John Tydd, 1st Bt Thomas Burgh 1798 Jonah Barrington Irish Patriot January 1800 William GardinerDeclared not duly elected in 1800 Hon. Richard Annesley March 1800 John King Charles Ball 1801 Disenfranchised
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Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885
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