Baltimore (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Baltimore was a potwalloper constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1801.

Borough

This constituency was a parliamentary borough based in the town of Baltimore in County Cork.

Potwalloper

A potwalloper (sometimes or potwaller) is an archaic term referring to a borough constituency returning members to the British House of Commons before 1832 and the Reform Act created a uniform suffrage. Several potwalloper constituencies were also represented in the Irish House of Commons, prior to its abolition in 1801. A potwalloper borough was one in which a householder had the right to vote if he had, in his house, a hearth large enough to boil, or wallop, a cauldron, or pot. The electors for Baltimore were tenants at will of the Freke family.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Baltimore was represented with two members.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

Baltimore, Incorporated 25 March 1613.

• 1613–1615
• 1613 Sir Thomas Crooke, 1st Baronet
• 1613 Henry Piers
• 1634–1635
• 1634 Lott Peere, absent in England and replaced 1634 by James Travers
• 1634 Edward Skipwith,
• 1639–1641
• 1639 Bryan Jones
• 1639 Henry Knyveton
• 1661–1666
• 1661 Sir Nicholas Purdon
• 1661 Richard Townsend

1689–1801

Notes

References

Bibliography

• Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 February 2002),
• T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
• Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press