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This is a list of members elected to the Irish House of Commons in 1661. The parliament sat until 1666 and consisted of almost 300 MPs at a time during this period.
Name
Constituency
Notes
James Annesley, Lord Annesley
County Waterford
Replace Richard Power who succeeded to a peerage in 1661
Nicholas Bayly
Newry
Henry Bellingham
County Louth
Randal Beresford
Coleraine
Tristram Beresford
County Londonderry
Sir George Bingham
Castlebar
Richard Blayney
County Monaghan
John Blennerhassett
County Kerry
John Blennerhassett
Tralee
Sir George Blundell
Philipstown
Joshua Boyle
Clonakilty
Murrough Boyle
Kilmallock
Richard Boyle
County Cork
Died 1665 and replaced by Roger Boyle .
Roger Boyle
County Cork
Edward Brabazon
County Wicklow
Elected in 1666 to replace Folliott Wingfield
Sir Thomas Bramhall
Dungannon
Sir Thomas Bramhall
Tuam
Sat for Dungannon
St John Broderick
Kinsale
Sir Allen Broderick
Dungarvan
Richard Bulkeley
Baltinglass
Thomas Burdett
Carlow
Sir Francis Butler
Old Leighlin
Lord John Butler
Dublin University
Stephen Butler
Belturbet
Died and replaced in 1662 by his son Francis Butler
John Campbell
Callan
Henry Cary
Fore
Elected 1662 to replace Sir Timothy Tyrrill. Died 1663 and was replaced by John Forrest
Thomas Caulfeild
Charlemont
Sir Arthur Chichester
Dungannon
Randolph Clayton
Kinsale
John Cliffe
Taghmon
Sir John Cole
County Fermanagh
Sir Michael Cole
Enniskillen
Sir Robert Cole
Enniskillen
Dudley Colley
Philipstown
Robert Colville
Hillsborough
Edward Cook
Clogher
Charles Coote
County Roscommon
Replaced 1662 by George Lane, 1st Viscount Lanesborough .
Sir Peter Courthorpe
Cork City
John Craige
Strabane
Edward Crofton
Lanesborough
Vere Essex Cromwell
County Down
James Cuffe
County Mayo
Sir Thomas Dancer
New Ross
Henry Davys
Belfast
Hercules Davys
Carrickfergus
John Davys
County Antrim
Sir Paul Davys
County Kildare
Sir William Davys
Dublin City
William Davys
County Fermanagh
Died and replaced 1662 by Henry Blennerhassett
Arthur Denny
County Kerry
Edward Dering
Lisburn
Carey Dillon
Banagher
William Domville
Antrim Borough
Elected when the constituency was created in 1665
Sir William Domville
County Dublin
Attorney-General for Ireland
Matthew Draper
Clogher
Sir John Edgeworth
St Johnstown (Co Longford)
Sir Maurice Eustace jnr
Knocktopher
Sir Maurice Fenton
Fethard (County Tipperary)
Gerald Fitzgerald
Limerick City
John FitzGerald
Dungarvan
Robert Fitzgerald
County Kildare
Sir William Flower
St Canice
Sir Arthur Forbes
County Tyrone
Also elected for Mullingar
Sir Robert Forth
County Meath
Arthur Freke
Clonakilty
Richard Gethin
Newtown Limavady
Sir Thomas Gifford
Trim
John Gilbert
Maryborough
Sir Arthur Gore
County Mayo
Sir William Gore
Banagher
Robert Gorges
Bandonbridge
Isaac Granier
Ennis
Charles Hamilton
County Donegal
Sir Francis Hamilton
County Cavan
Hans Hamilton
County Armagh
William Handcock
County Westmeath
Sir Standish Hartstonge
Limerick City
Francis Harvey
Clonmines
Arthur Hill
County Down
Moyses Hill
Drogheda
Henry Howard
Tallow
By-election May 1661
Sir Henry Ingoldsby
County Clare
John Jeffreys
Antrim Borough
Elected when the constituency was created in 1665
Robert Johnston
Lisburn
Elected 1665 in place of Sir Edward Smith
Oliver Jones
Knocktopher
Oliver Jones
County Roscommon
Sir Theophilus Jones
County Meath
Thomas Keating
Ballynakill
Sir Robert King
Ballyshannon
Sir William King
County Limerick
William Knight
Belfast
Sir Richard Kyrle
Cork City
George Lane
County Roscommon
Sir Richard Lane, 1st Baronet
Tuam
Elected 1665 to replace Robert Ormesby
Dr Dudley Loftus
Bannow
Nicholas Loftus
Fethard (County Wexford)
John Lyndon
Killybegs
Boyle Maynard
Youghal
Amos Meredith
Ballynakill
Charles Meredyth
Old Leighlin
Sir Audley Mervyn
County Tyrone
Speaker and Prime Serjeant
Henry Mervyn
Augher
Sir Hugh Middleton
Castlebar
Replaced William Rowse, who had been absent without leave
Martin Noel
Wexford Borough
Henry O'Brien, Lord Ibrackan
County Clare
Robert Oliver
County Limerick
Sir Richard Osborne
County Waterford
Richard Palfrey
Augher
Sir John Perceval
County Cork
Died 1665 and was replaced by John St Leger.
William Petty
Inistioge
Henry Piers
St Johnstown (Co Longford)
Alexander Pigott
Maryborough
John Ponsonby
County Kilkenny
Thomas Pooley
Mallow
John Povey
Swords
Richard Power
County Waterford
Succeeded to peerage 1661 and replaced by James, Lord Annesley
John Preston
Navan
Sir Nicholas Purdon
Baltimore
William Purefoy
Ennis
John Read
Bandonbridge
Sir George Rawdon
Carlingford
Robert Reading
Ratoath
Elected 1662 to replace Richard Boughton
Sir Richard Reynell
Athboy
Edward Richardson
County Armagh
Sir Oliver St George
County Galway
Sir Heywood St Leger
Mallow
Launcelot Sandes
Dingle
Sir James Shaen
Clonmel
Robert Shapcote
Wicklow Borough
Robert Shapcote
Thomastown
Sat for Wicklow Borough
Sir John Skeffington
County Antrim
Owen Silver
Youghal
Boyle Smith
Tallow
Elected April 1661. Died May 1661.
Edward Smith
Lisburn
Resigned in 1665 on appointment as Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland)
Erasmus Smith
Ardee
Replaced John Ruxton, who had been expelled
Richard Southwell
Askeaton
Sir Thomas Stanley
County Louth
Alexander Staples
Strabane
Expelled and replaced 1665 by Sir Peter Harvey
Richard Stephens
Ardee
Replaced John Chambers, who had been expelled
Archibald Stewart
Tallow
By-election May 1661
John Temple
Carlow
Solicitor-General for Ireland . Acted as Speaker, 1661-2, while the previous Speaker, Sir Audley Mervyn was in London.
Sir John Temple
County Carlow
Sir William Temple
County Carlow
Sir Henry Tichborne
Sligo Borough
Richard Townsend
Baltimore
Marcus Trevor
County Down
Ennobled 1662 and replaced by Vere Essex Cromwell
Sir Henry Tynte
County Cork
Died 1661 and replaced by Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet .
Arthur Upton
Carrickfergus
Nicholas Ward
Downpatrick
Sir James Ware
Dublin University
John Weaver
King's County
William Weldon
Athy
Oliver Wheeler
St Canice
Folliott Wingfield
Tallow
April 1661 - sat for County Wicklow
Folliott Wingfield
County Wicklow
Created Viscount Powerscourt in 1665
"Part II; Parliaments of Ireland". Return of the name of every member of the lower house of parliament of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with name of constituency represented, and date of return, from 1213 to 1874 . Command papers . Vol. C.69-I. HMSO. 1878. pp. 603–691.
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