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Monitoring the Constitution: The Operation of Poynings' Law in the 1760s
In: Parliamentary history, Band 20, Heft 1, S. 87-106
ISSN: 1750-0206
The miscellaneous works, in verse and prose
"Preface, in which are several memoirs of the life of the author, with a few of the times.": v.1, p. [vii]-1x. ; v. 1. Odes, epigrams, & c. on various occasions. Almeyda: or, The rival kings, a tragedy. The siege of Tamor, a tragedy. The female gamester, a tragedy.--v. 2. Apothegms and maxims for the good conduct of life, &c. Observations and queries on the present laws of this kingdom, relative to persons of the popish religion. Some observations upon libels.--v. 3. A collection of the actions and sayings of great and wise men, selected from the most eminent Grecian and Roman historians. Advice to a newly-elected member of Parliament with Some thoughts upon Poynings' law, inscribed to the Hon. William Fitzgerald, commonly called Marquis of Kildare. Some observations on the proceedings in the Dublin society, in the granting of premiums and bounties . especially with regard to husbandry . Poetical addresses, & c. to the author. Alteration for the last scene of the Siege of Tamor. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Armorial book-plate: E. O. Bleackley, Manchester.
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The Private Bill Legislation of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800
In: Parliamentary history, Band 33, Heft 1, S. 73-96
ISSN: 1750-0206
Between 1692 and 1800, 485 private bills and heads of private bills were initiated in Ireland, of which 313 (or 65%) received the royal assent. Initially, most private bills were admitted to the political process through the medium of the Irish privy council, but once the house of commons had asserted its primacy as the place of origin of Irish law, private bills increasingly took their rise as heads of private bills at that forum, in accordance with the requirements of Poynings' Law. While this meant that private bills were subject to the same close scrutiny that was accorded public bills at both the English/British and Irish privy councils, the fact that such bills sought to modify family settlements obliged both Houses of the Irish parliament and both councils to establish particular procedures that are at once revealing of the operation of these bodies, of the procedural innovations required to make private legislation, and of the privileged position it gave to the elite who could appeal to parliament. Indeed, though the manner in which private legislation was made changed with legislative independence, private bills continued to be authorised by the Irish parliament until the Act of Union.
Securing the Hanoverian Succession in Ireland: Jacobites, Money and Men, 1714–16
In: Parliamentary history, Band 33, Heft 1, S. 140-159
ISSN: 1750-0206
This article examines the connection between issues of security, finance and the army in Ireland in the years 1714–16. The death of Queen Anne and succession of the first Hanoverian monarch, George I, in August 1714, offered renewed hope to the supporters of the jacobite cause in Ireland, Scotland, England and beyond. However, the threat of a Stuart restoration by force of arms served to galvanise the efforts of government in both England and Ireland in support of the Hanoverian succession, though the necessary military preparations and precautions resulted in increased public expenditure. In Ireland, the government's need to find new sources of revenue meant that parliament would have to be convened, which, in turn, necessitated compliance with a series of constitutional practices which had evolved since the 1690s in relation to Poynings' Law and supply legislation. Yet, despite a threatened jacobite invasion, factional political manœuvring, as ever, demanded compromise, though, ultimately, the wholly protestant Irish parliament took the necessary precautions to secure Ireland for the new Hanoverian regime by voting new taxes and facilitating the creation of a national debt in order to raise new regiments for the army. The coalescing of the issues of security, finance and the army thereby led to innovations in Irish parliamentary and financial practice which were to become key components of the constitutional framework in Ireland until legislative independence in 1782.