| Trim | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Meath |
| Borough | Trim |
| ?–1801 | |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Trim was a constituency and rotten borough in Trim, County Meath, represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
Members of Parliament
- 1560 John Parker and Patrick Martell
- 1585 Moses Hamon and Thomas Gwyre
- 1613–1615 Sir Thomas Ashe and Roger Jones
- 1634–1635 Robert, Lord Dillon and Valerian Weasley[1]
- 1639–1649 Robert, Lord Dillon (elevated to the peerage and replaced by James Whyte. Whyte died and was replaced 1643 by Thomas Trafford) and Patrick Barnewall of Kilbrew (expelled and replaced 1642 by George Peasley. Peasley died and was replaced 1642 by Thomas Coote)
- 1661–1666 Sir Thomas Gifford, 1st Baronet (died and replaced 1662 by Henry Whitfield) and Alexander Jephson (Jephson executed July 1663. Replaced 1663 by Arthur Dillon)[2]
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Nicholas Cusack | Walter Nangle | ||||
| 1692 | Stafford Lightbourne | Garret Wesley | ||||
| 1695 | William Napper | |||||
| 1697 | Robert Johnson | |||||
| 1703 | James Napper | |||||
| 1709 | John Bligh | |||||
| 1713 | Richard Ashe | Thomas Jones | ||||
| 1715 | John Perceval | John Keating | ||||
| 1717 | Robert Perceval | |||||
| 1719 | Thomas Carter | |||||
| 1727 | Garret Wesley | Richard Ashe | ||||
| 1728 | John Wade | |||||
| 1729 | Richard Wesley | |||||
| 1735 | Joseph Ashe | |||||
| 1747 | Chichester Fortescue | |||||
| 1757 | Hon. Garret Wesley | |||||
| 1758 | William Francis Crosbie | |||||
| 1761 | Robert Perceval | John Pomeroy | ||||
| 1768 | Thomas Fortescue | |||||
| 1780 | Richard Wesley, Viscount Wellesley | |||||
| 1781 | William Arthur Crosbie | |||||
| 1783 | Hon. William Wesley[3] | |||||
| 1790 | Hon. Arthur Wellesley | |||||
| 1791 | Hon. Clotworthy Taylor | |||||
| February 1795 | Hon. Henry Wellesley | |||||
| 1795 | William Arthur Crosbie | |||||
| 1798 | Sir Chichester Fortescue | |||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
- ↑ House of Commons 1878, p. 628. "1634 / 3 July / Robert Lord Dillon, Baron of Kilkenny West. / Moymet / ditto. [Trim Borough]"
- ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 628.
- ↑ from 1789 Hon. William Wellesley-Pole
References
- House of Commons (1878). Return. Members of Parliament – Part II. Parliaments of Great Britain, 1705–1796. Parliaments of the United Kingdom, 1801–1874. Parliaments and Conventions of the Estates of Scotland, 1357–1707. Parliaments of Ireland, 1599–1800. London: His/Her Majesty's Stationery Office. OCLC 13112546.
- 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.
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