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David Hayton retired in 2014. His research has covered many aspects of British and Irish history from the Restoration to the middle of the 18th century, with a concentration on political and religious themes. Before coming to Queen's in 1994 he worked for the History of Parliament Trust, editing its volumes on the House of Commons 1690-1715 and in 2019 published a biography of one of the founders of the History, Sir Lewis Namier, which was awarded the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography. He is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy, and of the Irish Manuscripts Commission. He also serves as chair of the editorial/management board of Irish Historical Studies and the Trustees of Parliamentary History. Ongoing projects include an edition of the letters of the Brodrick family, c.1680-1728, the final volume of which will appeare in 2023, and a study of Irish elections 1692-1768, for which he was awarded a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship.
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R1911HIS: Et creditit populus: The role and function of beliefs in early societies
01/08/2007 → …
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Government and the regulation of borough corporations in early eighteenth-century Ireland
Hayton, D. W., 12 Sep 2023, In: Eighteenth-Century Ireland. 38, 1, p. 31-51 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Eveline Cruickshanks (1926–2021): an appreciation
Hayton, D., 01 Jun 2022, In: Parliamentary History. 41, 2, p. 235-239Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Plantation and Politics in Williamite Ireland
Hayton, D., 01 Sep 2022, In: Studia Hibernica. 48, 1, p. 13-35 33 p., 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Presbyterians and Jacobites in County Antrim in 1716: The interplay of local and national politics in early eighteenth-century Ireland
Hayton, D., 05 Mar 2022, Politics and political culture in Ireland from Restoration to Union, 1660-1800: Essays in honour of Jacqueline R. Hill. Gillespie, R., Kelly, J. & Lyons, M. A. (eds.). Dublin: Four Courts Press, p. 173-190 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Proprietorial interests and corporation politics in Kinsale c.1715-1760
Hayton, D., 01 Nov 2022, In: Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society . 127, p. 26-51 26 p., 3.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review