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The Irish House of Commons was like the parliament for Ireland a long time ago, before it joined with Great Britain. It was where important decisions were made about how Ireland was run.

This page lists the people who were members of the Irish House of Commons between 1761 and 1768. These members are called MPs. During this time, there were 300 MPs. They usually served from October 1761 to May 1768, unless a note says otherwise.

What Was the Irish House of Commons?

The Irish House of Commons was a bit like today's parliament or congress. It was a group of elected people who made laws and discussed important issues for Ireland. Back then, Ireland was a separate kingdom, but it was connected to Great Britain.

Who Could Be a Member?

To be an MP in the Irish House of Commons, you had to be a man and own a certain amount of property. Most of the people who became MPs were wealthy landowners or important figures in Irish society. They represented different areas, called "constituencies."

What Did the Members Do?

The MPs would meet to debate and vote on laws. They also discussed how money was spent and other important matters for the country. Being an MP was a very important job, as it gave them a say in how Ireland was governed.

Members of Parliament (1761-1768)

This list shows many of the people who served as MPs during this period. Each entry tells you the person's name, the area they represented (their constituency), and sometimes a note about their time in office. For example, some MPs might have left early because they were given a special title (like a Lord or Earl), or because they passed away.

Here are some examples of the members from this time:

Name Constituency Notes
Acheson , ArchibaldArchibald Acheson County Armagh
Adderley , ThomasThomas Adderley Bandonbridge
Agar , JamesJames Agar County Kilkenny
Alcock , HenryHenry Alcock Waterford City
Alcock , HenryHenry Alcock Clonmines
Alcock , WilliamWilliam Alcock Fethard (County Wexford) 1764–1768
Stratford , EdwardEdward Stratford Baltinglass
Stratford , JohnJohn Stratford Baltinglass 1761–1763 (ennobled 1763)
Stratford , JohnJohn Stratford Baltinglass 1763–1768
Andrews , FrancisFrancis Andrews Londonderry City
Gore , JohnJohn Gore County Longford 1761–1765 (appointed Lord Chief Justice, 1764)
Annesley , FrancisFrancis Annesley Downpatrick
Archdall , MervynMervyn Archdall County Fermanagh
Gore , ArthurArthur Gore County Wexford
Aylmer , Sir FitzgeraldSir Fitzgerald Aylmer Roscommon
Bagenal , BeauchampBeauchamp Bagenal Enniscorthy
Bagshaw , SamuelSamuel Bagshaw Tallow 1761–1762 (died October 1762)
Bagwell , JohnJohn Bagwell Tulsk
Ward , BernardBernard Ward County Down
Barry , RobertRobert Barry Charleville
Bateman , RolandRoland Bateman Tralee
Beresford , GeorgeGeorge Beresford Coleraine 1761–1763 (ennobled 1763)
Beresford , JohnJohn Beresford County Waterford
Bernard , FrancisFrancis Bernard Bandonbridge 1766–1768
Bingham , HenryHenry Bingham Tuam
Bingham , HenryHenry Bingham Tuam
Blackwood , Sir JohnSir John Blackwood Killyleagh
Blakeney , JohnJohn Blakeney Athenry 1763–1768
Blakeney , RobertRobert Blakeney Athenry 1761–1762 (died December 1762)
Blennerhassett , JohnJohn Blennerhassett County Kerry
Blennerhassett , JohnJohn Blennerhassett County Kerry 1762–1763 (died May 1763)
Bligh , ThomasThomas Bligh Athboy
Blunden , Sir JohnSir John Blunden Kilkenny City
Bolton , CorneliusCornelius Bolton Waterford City
Borrowes , Sir KildareSir Kildare Borrowes County Kildare
Bourke , JohnJohn Bourke Old Leighlin
Bourke , JohnJohn Bourke Naas 1763–1768
Boyle , BellinghamBellingham Boyle Youghal
Boyle , RobertRobert Boyle Dungarvan
Brabazon , AnthonyAnthony Brabazon County Dublin
Brabazon , WilliamWilliam Brabazon County Wicklow 1765–1768
Brooke , Sir ArthurSir Arthur Brooke County Fermanagh
Browne-Kelly , PeterPeter Browne-Kelly County Mayo
Brownlow , WilliamWilliam Brownlow County Armagh
Burgh , RichardRichard Burgh Naas 1761–1762 (died September 1762)
Burton , BenjaminBenjamin Burton County Carlow 1761–1767 (died October 1767)
Burton , BenjaminBenjamin Burton Boyle 1761–1763 (died May/June 1763)
Burton , RobertRobert Burton Carlow 1761–1765 (died January 1965)
Burton , ThomasThomas Burton Ennis
Burton , William HenryWilliam Henry Burton Gowran
Bushe , Gervase ParkerGervase Parker Bushe Granard 1767–1768
Butler , BrinsleyBrinsley Butler County Cavan
Butler , JohnJohn Butler Newcastle
Butler , RobertRobert Butler Belturbet 1761–1763 (died September 1763)
Butler , Sir ThomasSir Thomas Butler County Carlow
Campbell , Lord FrederickLord Frederick Campbell Thomastown 1767–1768 – Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1767–68
Carew , ThomasThomas Carew Dungarvan
Cary , EdwardEdward Cary County Londonderry
Caulfeild , FrancisFrancis Caulfeild Charlemont
Caulfeild , WilliamWilliam Caulfeild Tulsk
Cavendish , Sir HenrySir Henry Cavendish Lismore
Cavendish , Sir HenrySir Henry Cavendish Lismore 1766–1768
Chichester , JohnJohn Chichester Belfast
Clarke , MichaelMichael Clarke Ballyshannon
Clement , WilliamWilliam Clement Dublin University
Clements , NathanielNathaniel Clements Cavan Borough
Clements , WilliamWilliam Clements Baltimore
Fortescue , WilliamWilliam Fortescue Monaghan Borough
Cobbe , ThomasThomas Cobbe Swords
Coddington , DixieDixie Coddington Dunleer 1762–1768
Colclough , CaesarCaesar Colclough County Wexford 1761–1766 (died April 1766)
Colclough , VeseyVesey Colclough County Wexford 1766–1768
Colthurst , Sir JohnSir John Colthurst Youghal
Congreve , JohnJohn Congreve Killyleagh
Conner , WilliamWilliam Conner Bandonbridge 1761–1766 (died January 1766)
Conolly , ThomasThomas Conolly County Londonderry
Conway , Henry SeymourHenry Seymour Conway County Antrim
Burton , FrancisFrancis Burton County Clare
Burton , WilliamWilliam Burton Newtown Limavady
Cooper , JoshuaJoshua Cooper Castlebar
Coote , CharlesCharles Coote County Cavan 1761–1766 (ennobled September 1767)
Coote , EyreEyre Coote Maryborough 1761
Copinger , MauriceMaurice Copinger Ardfert
Cosby , DudleyDudley Cosby Carrick 1763–1768
Cotter, JamesJames Cotter Askeaton
Cramer , JohnJohn Cramer Belturbet
Crosbie , LancelotLancelot Crosbie Ardfert 1762–1768
Crosbie , WilliamWilliam Crosbie Ardfert 1761–1762 (ennobled 1762)
Stopford , JamesJames Stopford Taghmon
Cox , RichardRichard Cox Clonakilty
Curtis , JohnJohn Curtis Ratoath
Daly , CharlesCharles Daly County Galway
Daly , DenisDenis Daly Galway Borough 1767–1768
Daly , JamesJames Daly Athenry
Dalway , MarriotMarriot Dalway Carrickfergus
Damer , JohnJohn Damer Portarlington
Dawson , JohnJohn Dawson Portarlington 1766–1768
Dawson , RichardRichard Dawson Monaghan Borough
Dawson , WilliamWilliam Dawson Queen's County
Deane , JosephJoseph Deane Inistioge
Deane , Sir RobertSir Robert Deane Tallow
Domvile , Sir ComptonSir Compton Domvile Carlow
Doyne , RobertRobert Doyne Carlow 1765–1768
Doyne , RobertRobert Doyne Donegal Borough
Prittie , HenryHenry Prittie Banagher 1767–1768
Dunbar , GeorgeGeorge Dunbar Gowran
Hill , ArthurArthur Hill County Down 1761–1766 (ennobled February 1766)
Cole , WilliamWilliam Cole Enniskillen 1761–1767 (ennobled November 1767)
Creighton , AbrahamAbraham Creighton Lifford
Creighton , JohnJohn Creighton Lifford
Dawson , ThomasThomas Dawson County Monaghan
Eyre , JohnJohn Eyre Galway Borough
Eyre , ThomasThomas Eyre Thomastown
Maxwell , BarryBarry Maxwell Armagh Borough
Fetherston , RalphRalph Fetherston County Longford 1765–1768
FitzGerald , GarretGarret FitzGerald Kildare
FitzGerald , MauriceMaurice FitzGerald Dingle
Fitzgerald , RichardRichard Fitzgerald Boyle 1763–1768
FitzGerald , RobertRobert FitzGerald Dingle
FitzGerald , WilliamWilliam FitzGerald Dublin City 1767–1768
FitzGibbon , JohnJohn FitzGibbon Newcastle
Fitzmaurice , ThomasThomas Fitzmaurice County Kerry 1763–1768
FitzPatrick , RichardRichard FitzPatrick Galway Borough 1761–1767 (died July 1767)
Flood , HenryHenry Flood Callan 1762–1768
Flood , JocelynJocelyn Flood Callan 1765–1767 (died May 1767)
Flood , JohnJohn Flood Callan 1767–1768
Folliot , JohnJohn Folliot Sligo Borough 1761–1762 (died February 1762)
Folliott , JohnJohn Folliott Kinsale 1761–1765 (died January 1765)
Forbes , GeorgeGeorge Forbes St Johnstown (County Longford) 1762–1768
Forbes , JohnJohn Forbes Mullingar
Forde , MathewMathew Forde Downpatrick
Fortescue, JamesJames Fortescue County Louth
Forward , WilliamWilliam Forward St Johnstown (County Donegal)
Foster , AnthonyAnthony Foster County Louth 1761–1766
Foster , JohnJohn Foster Dunleer
Fownes , WilliamWilliam Fownes Knocktopher
Freke , John RedmondJohn Redmond Freke Cork City 1761–1764 (died April 1764)
French , RobertRobert French Carrick
Forbes , GeorgeGeorge Forbes Mullingar 1761–1765 (ennobled 1765)
French , JohnJohn French County Roscommon
Gilbert , WilliamWilliam Gilbert Maryborough 1761–1764 (died January 1764)
Gisborne , JamesJames Gisborne Tallow 1762–1768
Gore , HenryHenry Gore Lanesborough
Gore , Paul AnnesleyPaul Annesley Gore County Sligo 1765–1768
Gore , RichardRichard Gore Castlebar
Gorges , RichardRichard Gorges Enniskillen
Gorges , HamiltonHamilton Gorges Swords
Gorges , RichardRichard Gorges Enniskillen 1767–1768
Graham , JohnJohn Graham Drogheda
Grattan , JamesJames Grattan Dublin City 1761–1766 (died June 1766)
Grogan , JohnJohn Grogan Enniscorthy
Hall , RogerRoger Hall Newry
Hamilton , HenryHenry Hamilton Londonderry City
Hamilton , John StuartJohn Stuart Hamilton Strabane 1763–1768
Hamilton , RobertRobert Hamilton Bangor
Hamilton , WilliamWilliam Hamilton Strabane 1761–1762 (died 1762)
Hamilton , William GerardWilliam Gerard Hamilton Killybegs Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1761–64
Handcock , John GustavusJohn Gustavus Handcock Ballyshannon 1761–1766 (died February 1766)
Handcock , WilliamWilliam Handcock Athlone
Pomeroy , ArthurArthur Pomeroy County Kildare
Harman , RobertRobert Harman County Longford 1761–1765 (died September 1765)
Hartpole , GeorgeGeorge Hartpole Portarlington 1761–1763 (died December 1763)
Harward , WilliamWilliam Harward Lanesborough
Hely , JohnJohn Hely Cork City
Herbert , EdwardEdward Herbert Tralee
Ingram , FrancisFrancis Ingram Lisburn Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1765–66
Hoare , JosephJoseph Hoare Askeaton
Hobson , JohnJohn Hobson Inistioge
Holmes , PeterPeter Holmes Banagher
Hore , WalterWalter Hore Taghmon
Howard , RalphRalph Howard County Wicklow
Loftus , HenryHenry Loftus Bannow
Hyde , JohnJohn Hyde County Carlow 1767–1768
Jackson , RichardRichard Jackson Coleraine
Jephson , DenhamDenham Jephson Mallow
Jephson , WilliamWilliam Jephson Mallow
Jones , ArthurArthur Jones Wexford Borough
Jones , RichardRichard Jones Killybegs
Jones , TheophilusTheophilus Jones County Leitrim Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1767
Keating , MauriceMaurice Keating Naas
King , HenryHenry King Boyle
King , Sir EdwardSir Edward King County Sligo 1761–1764
Knox , AndrewAndrew Knox County Donegal
Knox , JohnJohn Knox Donegal Borough
Knox , ThomasThomas Knox Dungannon
Knox , ThomasThomas Knox Dungannon
Lambart , GustavusGustavus Lambart Kilbeggan
La Touche , DavidDavid La Touche Dundalk
Langrishe , HerculesHercules Langrishe Knocktopher
Le Hunte , ThomasThomas Le Hunte Wexford Borough
Leigh , FrancisFrancis Leigh Drogheda
Leigh , RobertRobert Leigh New Ross
Clements , RobertRobert Clements County Donegal 1765–1768
Leslie-Corry , EdmondEdmond Leslie-Corry Newtown Limavady 1761–1764 (died November 1764)
Lill , GodfreyGodfrey Lill Fore
Loftus , EdwardEdward Loftus Jamestown
Hume-Loftus , NicholasNicholas Hume-Loftus Fethard (County Wexford) 1761–1763
Hume , NicholasNicholas Hume Fethard (County Wexford) 1761–1766 (ennobled October 1966)
Pakenham , EdwardEdward Pakenham County Longford 1765–1766
Longfield , RichardRichard Longfield Charleville
Lowe , SamuelSamuel Lowe Clogher 1761–1765 (died 1765)
Lowther , GeorgeGeorge Lowther Ratoath
Lowther , GorgesGorges Lowther County Meath
Lowther-Crofton , Sir MarcusSir Marcus Lowther-Crofton Roscommon
Lowry , RobertRobert Lowry Strabane 1761–1764 (died August 1964)
Lowry-Corrie , GalbraithGalbraith Lowry-Corrie County Tyrone
Bingham , CharlesCharles Bingham County Mayo
Lucas , CharlesCharles Lucas Dublin City
Lucas , EdwardEdward Lucas County Monaghan
Ludford , JohnJohn Ludford Belfast
Lyons , HenryHenry Lyons King's County
Lysaght , JohnJohn Lysaght County Cork 1765–1768
Mahon , ThomasThomas Mahon County Roscommon
Mason , John MonckJohn Monck Mason Blessington
Massy , HughHugh Massy County Limerick
May , JamesJames May County Waterford
McAuley , AlexanderAlexander McAuley Thomastown 1761–1766 (died July 1766)
MacDonnell , CharlesCharles MacDonnell County Clare 1766–1768
Magill , JohnJohn Magill Castlemartyr
Malone , AnthonyAnthony Malone Castlemartyr
Malone , EdmondEdmond Malone Granard 1761–1767
Maude , ThomasThomas Maude County Tipperary
Mayne , WilliamWilliam Mayne Carysfort
McManus , JamesJames McManus Athy Apr–Oct, 1761 (died October 1761)
Meade , Sir JohnSir John Meade Banagher 1764–1766
Mitchell , HenryHenry Mitchell Bannow
Mitchell , Hugh HenryHugh Henry Mitchell Ballyshannon 1766–1768
Molyneux , Sir CapelSir Capel Molyneux Clogher
Monck , George PaulGeorge Paul Monck Coleraine 1763–1768
Monck , HenryHenry Monck Duleek
Montgomery , GeorgeGeorge Montgomery Strabane 1765–1768
Montgomery , WilliamWilliam Montgomery Hillsborough
Montgomery , WilliamWilliam Montgomery Augher
Moore , ColvilleColville Moore Clonmel
Moore , Henry WilliamHenry William Moore Charlemont 1761–1762 (died ?May 1762)
Moore , RichardRichard Moore Kells
Moore , StephenStephen Moore Fethard (County Tipperary)
Moore , StephenStephen Moore Lismore 1761–1766 (ennobled February 1766)
Moore , GuyGuy Moore Clonmel
Moore , WilliamWilliam Moore Clogher 1765–1768
Morres , RedmondRedmond Morres Newtownards
Morres , William EvansWilliam Evans Morres Kilkenny City
Mossom , ElandEland Mossom St Canice
Moutray , JamesJames Moutray Augher
Needham , GeorgeGeorge Needham Newry
Nesbitt , CosbyCosby Nesbitt Cavan Borough
Newcomen , CharlesCharles Newcomen St Johnstown (County Longford)
Newenham , JohnJohn Newenham Fore
Nicholson , EdwardEdward Nicholson Old Leighlin
O'Brien , Sir EdwardSir Edward O'Brien County Clare 1761–1765 (died November 1765)
O'Brien , Sir LuciusSir Lucius O'Brien Ennis
O'Brien , MurroughMurrough O'Brien Harristown
O'Callaghan , CorneliusCornelius O'Callaghan Fethard (County Tipperary)
O'Hara , CharlesCharles O'Hara Ballynakill
O'Neill , CharlesCharles O'Neill Randalstown
O'Neill , JohnJohn O'Neill Randalstown
Oliver , SilverSilver Oliver Kilmallock
Ormsby , WilliamWilliam Ormsby Sligo Borough
Osborne , Sir WilliamSir William Osborne Carysfort
Palmer , RogerRoger Palmer Jamestown
Parnell , Sir JohnSir John Parnell Maryborough December 1761 – 1768
Parnell , Sir JohnSir John Parnell Bangor 1767–1768
Parsons , Sir WilliamSir William Parsons King's County
Parsons , WentworthWentworth Parsons County Longford 1766–1768
Paterson , MarcusMarcus Paterson Ballynakill
Pennefather , KingsmillKingsmill Pennefather Cashel
Pennefather , RichardRichard Pennefather Cashel
Pepper , ThomasThomas Pepper Kells
Perceval , RobertRobert Perceval Trim
Pery , EdmundEdmund Pery Limerick City
Pigott , JohnJohn Pigott Banagher 1761–1763 (died December 1763)
Pole , WilliamWilliam Pole Queen's County
Pomeroy , JohnJohn Pomeroy Trim
Ponsonby , JohnJohn Ponsonby County Kilkenny
Ponsonby , RichardRichard Ponsonby Newtownards
Ponsonby , WilliamWilliam Ponsonby Cork City 1764–1768
Preston , JohnJohn Preston Navan
Preston , JosephJoseph Preston Navan
Price , FrancisFrancis Price Lisburn
Prittie , HenryHenry Prittie County Tipperary
Ram , AbelAbel Ram Gorey
Ram , AndrewAndrew Ram Duleek
Rochford , RobertRobert Rochford Philipstown
Rochfort , GeorgeGeorge Rochfort County Westmeath
Rochfort , RichardRichard Rochfort County Westmeath
Ross , RobertRobert Ross Carlingford
Gore , RalphRalph Gore County Donegal 1761–1764 (died June 1764)
Cuninghame , RobertRobert Cuninghame Armagh Borough
Rowley , Hercules LangfordHercules Langford Rowley County Meath
Ruxton , CharlesCharles Ruxton Ardee
Ruxton , JohnJohn Ruxton Ardee
Scott , RobertRobert Scott Sligo Borough 1762–1768
Seymour-Conway , HenryHenry Seymour-Conway County Down 1766–1768
Boyle , RichardRichard Boyle County Cork 1761–1764 (ennobled December 1764)
Petty , WilliamWilliam Petty County Kerry 1761 (ennobled May 1761-never sat)
Sandford , EdwardEdward Sandford Harristown
Sanford , HenryHenry Sanford Kildare Borough
Sandford , RobertRobert Sandford Athy
Sheares , HenryHenry Sheares Clonakilty
Sibthorpe , RobertRobert Sibthorpe Granard
Sibthorpe , StephenStephen Sibthorpe County Louth 1767–1768
Skeffington, HughHugh Skeffington County Antrim
Skeffington, HungerfordHungerford Skeffington Antrim
Smith , WilliamWilliam Smith Athy 1762–1768
Smyth , CharlesCharles Smyth Limerick City
Smyth, JamesJames Smyth Antrim
Southwell , EdwardEdward Southwell Kinsale
Southwell , ThomasThomas Southwell County Limerick 1761–1766 (ennobled November 1766)
Southwell , ThomasThomas Southwell County Limerick 1767–1768
St George , HenryHenry St George Athlone 1761–1763 (died July 1763)
St George , RichardRichard St George Athlone 1763–1768
St George , St GeorgeSt George St George Carrick 1761–1763 (ennobled April 1763)
St Leger , JohnJohn St Leger Doneraile
St Leger , St LegerSt Leger St Leger Doneraile
Staples , JohnJohn Staples Newtown Limavady 1765–1768
Steele , RichardRichard Steele Mullingar 1765–1768
Stewart , AnnesleyAnnesley Stewart Charlemont 1763–1768
Stewart , WilliamWilliam Stewart County Tyrone
Stewart , WilliamWilliam Stewart County Cavan 1766–1768
Talbot , WilliamWilliam Talbot St Johnstown (County Donegal)
Tennison , ThomasThomas Tennison Dunleer 1761 (appointed Judge 1761)
Tighe , EdwardEdward Tighe Belturbet 1763–1768
Tighe , Richard StearneRichard Stearne Tighe Athy December 1761 (died December 1761)
Tighe , Richard WilliamRichard William Tighe Wicklow 1767–1768
Tighe , WilliamWilliam Tighe Wicklow 1761–1766 (died September 1766)
Tighe , WilliamWilliam Tighe Athboy
Tipping , ThomasThomas Tipping Kilbeggan
Tisdall , PhilipPhilip Tisdall Dublin University
Tonson , RichardRichard Tonson Baltimore
Townley-Balfour , BlayneyBlayney Townley-Balfour Carlingford
Townsend , RichardRichard Townsend County Cork
Tottenham , CharlesCharles Tottenham New Ross
Tottenham , CharlesCharles Tottenham Clonmines
Tottenham , JohnJohn Tottenham Fethard (County Wexford) 1767–1768
Trench , RichardRichard Trench County Galway
Trevor , ArthurArthur Trevor Hillsborough
Trotter , StephenStephen Trotter Gorey
Tyrell , DukeDuke Tyrell Philipstown
Upton , ArthurArthur Upton Carrickfergus
Ussher , CharlesCharles Ussher Blessington
Agmondesham Vesey Kinsale 1765–1768
Villiers , EdwardEdward Villiers Kilmallock
Waite , ThomasThomas Waite St Canice
Waller , RobertRobert Waller Dundalk
Walsh , HuntHunt Walsh Maryborough 1764–1768
Ward , RobertRobert Ward Bangor 1761–1767 (died December 1767)
Wemys , JamesJames Wemys Callan 1762–1765 (died April 1765)
Whitshed , WilliamWilliam Whitshed Wicklow
Wingfield , RichardRichard Wingfield County Wicklow 1761–1764 (ennobled May 1764)
Wolseley , RichardRichard Wolseley Carlow
Wynne , JohnJohn Wynne County Leitrim
Wynne , OwenOwen Wynne County Sligo
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