Baltimore (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Baltimore was a potwalloper constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1801.

Borough

This constituency was a parliamentary borough based in the town of Baltimore in County Cork.

Potwalloper

A potwalloper (sometimes potwalloner or potwaller) is an archaic term referring to a borough constituency returning members to the BritishHouse of Commons before 1832 and the Reform Act created a uniform suffrage. Several potwalloper constituencies were also represented in the Irish House of Commons, prior to its abolition in 1801. A potwalloper borough was one in which a householder had the right to vote if he had, in his house, a hearth large enough to boil, or wallop, a cauldron, or pot. The electors for Baltimore were tenants at will of the Freke family.[1]

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Baltimore was represented with two members.[2]

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

Baltimore, Incorporated 25 March 1613.

1689–1801

ElectionFirst MPSecond MP
1689Daniel O'DonovanJeremiah O'Donovan
1692Thomas BeecherEdward Richardson
1703Percy Freke
1707Edward Riggs
1709Francis Langston
1713Richard BarryMichael Beecher
1715William Southwell
1721Sir Percy Freke, 2nd Bt
1727Richard Tonson
1728Sir John Freke, 3rd Bt[note 1]
1761William Clements
1768Sir John Evans-Freke, 1st Bt
1771Jocelyn Deane
1777William Evans
1781James Chatterton
1783Viscount SudleyRichard Longfield
1790Sir John Evans-Freke, 2nd BtRichard Grace
1798George Evans-Freke
1801Disenfranchised

Notes

  1. ↑Also elected for Cork City in 1761, for which he chose to sit

References

  1. ↑"Baltimore". Ulster Historical Foundation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  2. ↑O'Hart 2007, p. 500.

Bibliography

  • O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
  • Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 February 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4
  • T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
  • Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press ISBN 1-84682-030-8
  • 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.