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Dublin City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1801.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Dublin City was represented by two members. In the 1760s the radical politician Charles Lucas used the seat as his political base.

Members of Parliament, 1264–1801

• 1557 James Stanihurst (speaker)
• 1560 James Stanihurst (speaker) and Robert Golding
• 1569 James Stanihurst (speaker)
• 1585 George Taylor and Nicholas Ball
• 1613-1615 Richard Bolton and Richard Barry
• 1634-1635 Richard Barry and Nathaniel Catelyn Speaker
• 1639–1649 Richard Barry and John Bysse
• 1654–55: Daniel Hutchinson
• 1656–58: Richard Tighe
• 1659: Arthur Annesley
• 1661–1666 William Smith and Sir William Davys

1689–1801

Elections

Notes

1. Created a baronet in 1748
2. Declared not duly elected in 1749
3. Created a baronet in 1758

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
2. ^ McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
3. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 614.
4. Grattan, Henry (1841). Memoirs of the Life and Times of the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan, Volume 3. H. Colburn. p. 463.

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.
• 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.

• Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
• Historic constituencies in County Dublin
• 1264 establishments in Ireland
• 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
• Constituencies established in 1264
• Constituencies disestablished in 1800