Carrickfergus (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Carrickfergus
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
County County Antrim
Borough Carrickfergus
1326 (1326) (1326 (1326))–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced by Carrickfergus (UKHC)

Carrickfergus was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1326 to 1800, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland.

Contents

Borough

This constituency was the county borough of Carrickfergus in County Antrim. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Carrickfergus was not represented. [1] Following the Acts of Union 1800, the county borough retained one parliamentary seat in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Members of Parliament, 1326–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1559James WingfieldHumphrey Warren
1585 Edward Waterhouse Thomas Stevenson
1613 Thomas Hibbotts [lower-alpha 1] Humphrey Johnson
1634 Henry Upton
1640Sir William Sambach John Davys
1654–1660Commonwealth - See Carrickfergus and Belfast (constituency)
1661Sir Hercules Davys Arthur Upton [2]
1689Carrickfergus was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692 Henry Clements Henry Davis
1695 Hercules Davys
1703 Edward Lyndon
1709 Alexander Denton
1713 John Davys Arthur Davys
1715 Alexander Dalway Archibald Edmonstone
1719 Edward Lyndon
1727 Arthur Dobbs John Lyndon
October 1741 Francis Clements [lower-alpha 2]
December 1741 Arthur Upton
1761 Marriot Dalway
1768 John Chichester Conway Richard Dobbs
1776 Barry Yelverton Patriot
1784 Waddell Cunningham [lower-alpha 3]
1785 Ezekiel Davys Wilson
1790 Alexander Hamilton
1797 Lord Spencer Stanley Chichester [lower-alpha 4]
1798 Earl of Belfast
1799 Noah Dalway
1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Carrickfergus
Notes
  1. ↑ Knighted in 1618.
  2. ↑ Declared not duly elected in 1741.
  3. ↑ Declared not duly elected in 1784.
  4. ↑ Also elected for Belfast in 1797, for which he chose to sit.

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References

  1. ↑ O'Hart 2007, p. 500.
  2. ↑ Return of Members of Parliament (1878) vol. II, p. 605.

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