Charlemont (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
# Charlemont (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Charlemont was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland, from 1613 to 1800.

It represented Charlemont, County Armagh, an important military post since the founding of Charlemont Fort in 1602.

## History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Charlemont was not represented. It was disenfranchised under the Acts of Union 1800.

## Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

* 1613–1315 Sir Edward Moore and Faithful Fortescue
* 1634–1635 Chichester Fortescue and Hon Arthur Moore
* 1639–1649 John Marten and Henry Brome
* 1661–1666 Thomas Caulfeild and Thomas Howard (died and replaced 1665 by Sir Michael Appelyard)

### 1689–1801

| Election | First member | First party | | Second member | Second party |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1689 | Charlemont was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | Charlemont was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | Charlemont was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | Charlemont was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | Charlemont was not represented in the Patriot Parliament |
| 1692 | Richard Gorges | | | William Stewart | |
| 1695 | Stephen Ludlow | | | Edward Riley | |
| 1703 | Hon. John Caulfeild | | | Hon. James Caulfeild | |
| 1705 | Hon. John Caulfeild | | | John Davys | |
| 1707 | George Dodington | | | John Davys | |
| 1713 | Hon. James Caulfeild | | | Andrew Lloyd | |
| 1715 | Hon. James Caulfeild | | | Humphrey May | |
| 1723 | Hon. James Caulfeild | | | John Caulfeild | |
| 1727 | John Moore | | | John Caulfeild | |
| 1752 | Thomas Adderley | | | John Caulfeild | |
| 1761 | Francis Caulfeild | | | Henry William Moore | |
| 1763 | Francis Caulfeild | | | Annesley Stewart | |
| 1775 | Henry Grattan | Patriot | | Annesley Stewart | |
| 1790 | Richard Sheridan | | | Annesley Stewart | |
| 1794 | Richard Mountney Jephson | | | Annesley Stewart | |
| January 1798 | Richard Mountney Jephson | | | Viscount Caulfield | |
| 1798 | Richard Mountney Jephson | | | William Conyngham Plunket | |
| 1798 | Francis Dobbs | Patriot | | William Conyngham Plunket | |
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | Disenfranchised | Disenfranchised | Disenfranchised | Disenfranchised |

**Notes**

* ↑ Succeeded as 6th Baronet in 1769.
* ↑ Also elected for County Armagh in 1798, for which he chose to sit.
