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{{Infobox constituency
{{short description|Pre-1801 Irish constituency}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox UK constituency
| name = Tuam
| name = Tuam
| type =
| type = borough
| borough = [[Tuam]]
| constituency_link = List of Irish constituencies
| parl_name = [[Irish House of Commons]]
| county = [[County Galway]]
| region = Ireland
⚫
| year = {{Start date|}}
| abolished = 1800
| parliament = ihc
⚫
| year = {{Start date|1614}}
| next = Disenfranchised
| abolished = 1801
| next = Disfranchised
}}
}}


'''Tuam''' was a [[borough constituency]] which elected two MPs representing [[Tuam]], [[County Galway]], to the [[Irish House of Commons]], the house of representatives of the [[Kingdom of Ireland]]. It was incorporated by a 1614 charter of [[James I of England|James I]]. It originally belonged to the [[Church of Ireland]] [[Archbishop of Tuam]], before later passing into the control of the Clanmorris branch of the Bingham family. It was disenfranchised by the [[Acts of Union 1800]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tuam |url=https://www.ancestryireland.com/history-of-the-irish-parliament/constituencies/tuam/ |website=Ulster Historical Foundation |access-date=2 December 2022}}</ref>
'''Tuam''' was a [[constituency]] represented in the [[Irish House of Commons]] to 1800.


==Members of Parliament==
==Members of Parliament==

===1692–1801===

{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!Election!!!!First member!!First party!!!!Second member!!Second party
!Election!!!!First member!!First party!!!!Second member!!Second party
|-
|1613||rowspan=3| ||rowspan=3|Sir Thomas Rotherham<ref name = MP/>||rowspan=3| || ||Damien Pecke<ref name = MP>{{cite thesis | url=http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206 | title=A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641 | publisher=Trinity College Dublin | first=Brid | last=McGrath | year=1998 | hdl=2262/77206 | accessdate=16 June 2020| type=thesis }}</ref>||
|-
|1634|| || ||
|-
|1639|| ||Henry Bringhurst<ref name = MP/>||
|-
|1661|| ||[[Sir Thomas Bramhall, Bt]]<br>Sat for [[Dungannon (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Dungannon]] || || ||Geffrey Browne<br/>(mis-elected)<ref name=PP>{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2|page=617}}</ref>||
|-
|1661|| ||Robert Ormesby - died || || || rowspan="2" |Humphrey Abdy<ref name=PP>{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2|page=617}}</ref>||
|-
|1665|| ||[[Sir Richard Lane, 1st Baronet|Sir Richard Lane, Bt]]||
|-
| 1689 ''[[Patriot Parliament]]''
| style="background-color: white" |
| [[James Lally]]
⚫
| <!-- party -->
| style="background-color: white" |
| [[William Bourk]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1692
| 1692
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: white" |
| [[Francis Brewster|Sir Francis Brewster]] <!-- knight -->
| [[Francis Brewster (lord mayor)|Sir Francis Brewster]]
| <!-- party -->
| <!-- party -->
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Gilbert Ormsby]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Gilbert Ormsby]]
| rowspan="2" | <!-- party -->
| rowspan="2" | <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1703
| 1703
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: white" |
| rowspan="3" | [[Agmonisham Vesey]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Agmondisham Vesey (died 1739)|Agmondisham Vesey]]
| rowspan="3" | <!-- party -->
| rowspan="3" | <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1713
| 1713
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: white" |
| [[Charles Stuart (Irish politician)|Charles Stuart]]
| [[Charles Stuart (Irish politician)|Charles Stuart]]
| <!-- party -->
| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1715
| 1715
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" |
| rowspan="2" | [[William Vesey (Irish politician)|William Vesey]]
| rowspan="2" | [[William Vesey (Irish politician)|William Vesey]]
| rowspan="2" | <!-- party -->
| rowspan="2" | <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1739
| 1739
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" |
| rowspan="2" | [[John Bingham (politician)|John Bingham]]
| rowspan="2" | [[John Bingham (MP for Tuam, 1739–1760)|John Bingham]]
| rowspan="2" | <!-- party -->
| rowspan="2" | <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1750
| 1750
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Henry Bingham (1715–1769)|Henry Bingham]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Henry Bingham (1715–1769)|Henry Bingham]]
| rowspan="2" | <!-- party -->
| rowspan="2" | <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1761
| 1761
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: white" |
| [[Henry Bingham (1739–1789)|Henry Bingham]]
| [[Henry Bingham (1739–1789)|Henry Bingham]]
| <!-- party -->
| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1768
| 1768
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" |
| rowspan="2" | [[William Tonson, 1st Baron Riversdale|William Hull]] <ref> from 1773 William Tonson </ref>
| rowspan="2" | [[William Tonson, 1st Baron Riversdale|William Hull]]<ref>from 1773 William Tonson</ref>
| rowspan="2" | <!-- party -->
| rowspan="2" | <!-- party -->
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: white" |
| [[Richard Power (Galway politician)|Richard Power]]
| [[Richard Power (Monaghan politician)|Richard Power]]
| <!-- party -->
| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1772
| 1772
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: white" |
| [[Hugh Carleton, 1st Viscount Carleton|Hugh Carleton]]
| [[Hugh Carleton, 1st Viscount Carleton|Hugh Carleton]]
| <!-- party -->
| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1776
| 1776
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: white" |
| [[James Browne (Galway politician)|James Browne]]
| [[James Browne (died 1790)|James Browne]]
| <!-- party -->
| <!-- party -->
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: white" |
| [[Sir Henry Lynch-Blosse, 7th Baronet|Sir Henry Lynch-Blosse, 7th Bt]]
| [[Sir Henry Lynch-Blosse, 7th Baronet|Sir Henry Lynch-Blosse, 7th Bt]]
| <!-- party -->
| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| October 1783
| October 1783
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: white" |
| [[James Cuffe, 1st Baron Tyrawley|James Cuffe]]
| [[James Cuffe, 1st Baron Tyrawley|James Cuffe]]
| <!-- party -->
| <!-- party -->
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: white" |
| [[David La Touche (1729–1817)|David La Touche]]
| [[David La Touche (1729–1817)|David La Touche]]
| <!-- party -->
| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1783
| 1783
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: white" |
| [[Robert Day (politician)|Robert Day]]
| [[Robert Day (Irish politician, born 1746)|Robert Day]]
| <!-- party -->
| <!-- party -->
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: white" |
| [[Sir Lucius O'Brien, 3rd Baronet|Sir Lucius O'Brien, 3rd Bt]]
| [[Sir Lucius O'Brien, 3rd Baronet|Sir Lucius O'Brien, 3rd Bt]]
| <!-- party -->
| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1790
| 1790
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: white" |
| [[Sir Thomas Lighton, 1st Baronet|Thomas Lighton]] <ref> from 1791 Sir Thomas Lighton, 1st Bt </ref>
| [[Sir Thomas Lighton, 1st Baronet|Thomas Lighton]]<ref>from 1791 Sir Thomas Lighton, 1st Bt</ref>
| <!-- party -->
| <!-- party -->
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Irish Patriot Party}}" |
| [[Jonah Barrington (judge)|Jonah Barrington]]
| [[Jonah Barrington (judge)|Jonah Barrington]]
| [[Irish Patriot Party|Irish Patriot]]
⚫
| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1798
| 1798
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: white" |
| [[John Bingham, 1st Baron Clanmorris|John Bingham]]
| [[John Bingham, 1st Baron Clanmorris|John Bingham]]
| <!-- party -->
| <!-- party -->
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Walter Aglionby Yelverton]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Walter Aglionby Yelverton]]
| rowspan="2" | <!-- party -->
| rowspan="2" | <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1800
| 1800
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| style="background-color: white" |
| [[George Vesey]]
| [[George Vesey]]
| <!-- party -->
| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| [[First Parliament of the United Kingdom|1801]]
| 1801
|
|
| colspan= "5"| ''Constituency disenfranchised''
| colspan = "6"| ''Constituency disenfranchised''
|}
|}


===Notes===
===Notes===
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==References==
==References==
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{{Galway constituencies}}
{{Galway constituencies}}
{{Authority control}}


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{{Coord missing|County Galway}}


[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)]]
[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)]]

Latest revision as of 21:23, 25 October 2024

Tuam
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Galway
BoroughTuam
1614 (1614) (1614 (1614))–1801 (1801)
Replaced byDisfranchised

Tuam was a borough constituency which elected two MPs representing Tuam, County Galway, to the Irish House of Commons, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland. It was incorporated by a 1614 charter of James I. It originally belonged to the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Tuam, before later passing into the control of the Clanmorris branch of the Bingham family. It was disenfranchised by the Acts of Union 1800.[1]

Members of Parliament

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Election First member First party Second member Second party
1613 Sir Thomas Rotherham[2] Damien Pecke[2]
1634
1639 Henry Bringhurst[2]
1661 Sir Thomas Bramhall, Bt
Sat for Dungannon		 Geffrey Browne
(mis-elected)[3]
1661 Robert Ormesby - died Humphrey Abdy[3]
1665 Sir Richard Lane, Bt
1689 Patriot Parliament James Lally William Bourk
1692 Sir Francis Brewster Gilbert Ormsby
1703 Agmondisham Vesey
1713 Charles Stuart
1715 William Vesey
1739 John Bingham
1750 Henry Bingham
1761 Henry Bingham
1768 William Hull[4] Richard Power
1772 Hugh Carleton
1776 James Browne Sir Henry Lynch-Blosse, 7th Bt
October 1783 James Cuffe David La Touche
1783 Robert Day Sir Lucius O'Brien, 3rd Bt
1790 Thomas Lighton[5] Jonah Barrington Irish Patriot
1798 John Bingham Walter Aglionby Yelverton
1800 George Vesey
1801 Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

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  1. ^ "Tuam". Ulster Historical Foundation. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c McGrath, Brid (1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641 (thesis). Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 617.
  4. ^ from 1773 William Tonson
  5. ^ from 1791 Sir Thomas Lighton, 1st Bt

References

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