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Longford Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Longford
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Longford
BoroughLongford
 () ( ())–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byDisfranchised

Longford was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Members of Parliament

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1692–1801

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Election First member First party Second member Second party
1692 Captain John Nicholls Colonel William Wolseley
1697 Ambrose Aungier
1698 Sir Richard Levinge[1]
1703 Francis Edgeworth
1709 George Gore
1713 James Macartney
1721 John Folliott
1727 Michael Cuffe Anthony Sheppard
1737 Richard Edgeworth
1745 Thomas Pakenham
1757 Roger Hall
1761 Sir Thomas Newcomen, 8th Bt Joseph Henry
1768 Henry Flood[2] Irish Patriot Party David La Touche
1769 Warden Flood
1776 John Tunnadine
October 1783 Hon. Thomas Pakenham Hon. Hercules Rowley[3]
1783 Henry Stewart
1790 Thomas Taylour, Viscount Headfort Hon. Hercules Rowley[4]
1791 Henry Stewart
1794 Thomas Pepper
1798 Hon. Thomas Pakenham
1799 Hon. Edward Pakenham
1800 Thomas Borrowes

Notes

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  1. ^ from 1704 Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Bt
  2. ^ Also returned for Callan, for which he chose to sit
  3. ^ Also returned for Co. Antrim, for which he chose to sit
  4. ^ Also returned for Co. Antrim, for which he chose to sit

References

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  • Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.