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County Westmeath (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

Summary

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

Field	Value
name	County Westmeath
type	county
county	County Westmeath
region	Ireland
parliament	ihc
abolished	1801
seats	2
next	Westmeath (UKHC)

County Westmeath was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until the Acts of Union in 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote. Under the terms of the Acts of Union 1800, it was succeeded by the Westminter constituency of County Westmeath.

Members of Parliament

It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland.

1560
- Sir Thomas Nugent
- Sir George Stanley
1585
- Edward Nugent of Dysert
- Edward Nugent of Morton
1613–1615
- Sir Christopher Nugent of Meyrath
- Edward Nugent of Portloman (died and replaced 1615 by Edmond Nugent of Roconnel)
1634–1635
- Sir James Dillon
1639–1649
- Sir James Dillon (expelled 1642 as rebel)
- Sir Luke Fitzgerald of Tecroghan (expelled 1642 as rebel)
1661–1666
- William Handcock
- Thomas Longe

1689–1801

Election	First MP	Second MP
1689		William Nugent
1692		Dillon Pollard
1695		George Peyton
1703		William Handcock
1707		George Rochfort
1707		John Cooke
1713		Edward Pakenham
1715		John Wood
1721		William Handcock
1723		Richard Levinge
1727		George Rochfort
1731		Robert Rochfort
1738		Arthur Rochfort
1761		George Rochfort, Viscount Belfield
1768		Anthony Malone
1776		Robert Rochfort
1783		Richard Malone
1784		William Smyth
1798		Gustavus Hume Rochfort
1801		Replaced by Westminster constituency Westmeath

Notes

References

"Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2".
from 1724 Sir Richard Levinge, 2nd Bt
from 1782 Sir Benjamin Chapman

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