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County Roscommon was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.

Members of Parliament

• 1585 Sir Richard Bingham and Thomas Dillon
• 1613–1615 Sir John King and Sir Oliver St John
• 1634–1635 Sir Lucas Dillon
• 1639–1649 Sir Lucas Dillon and Henry (or Geoffrey) Dillon and Robert King
• 1654 (Protectorate Parliament) Sir Robert King
• 1657 (Protectorate Parliament) James King
• 1661 April–December Sir Charles Coote (replaced 1662 by George Lane) and Richard Jones.

1689–1801

Notes

1. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. pp. 631–632.
2. Gordon Goodwin, ‘King, Sir John (died 1637)’, rev. Terry Clavin, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008
3. from 1695 Sir George St George, 2nd Bt
4. from 1739 Sir Edward Crofton, 4th Bt
5. from 1784 Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Bt

References

• 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.

• Historic constituencies in County Roscommon
• Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
• 1611 establishments in Ireland
• 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
• Constituencies established in 1611
• Constituencies disestablished in 1800