Carrickfergus (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Carrickfergus | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Antrim |
| Borough | Carrickfergus |
| 1326–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| 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.
Borough
[edit]This constituency was the county borough of Carrickfergus in County Antrim. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.
History
[edit]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
[edit]| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1559 | James Wingfield | Humphrey Warren | ||||
| 1585 | Edward Waterhouse | Thomas Stevenson | ||||
| 1613 | Thomas Hibbotts[a] | Humphrey Johnson | ||||
| 1634 | Henry Upton | |||||
| 1640 | Sir William Sambach | John Davys | ||||
| 1654–1660 | Commonwealth - See Carrickfergus and Belfast (constituency) | |||||
| 1661 | Sir Hercules Davys | Arthur Upton[2] | ||||
| 1689 | Carrickfergus 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[b] | |||||
| December 1741 | Arthur Upton | |||||
| 1761 | Marriot Dalway | |||||
| 1768 | John Chichester | Conway Richard Dobbs | ||||
| 1776 | Barry Yelverton | Patriot | ||||
| 1784 | Waddell Cunningham[c] | |||||
| 1785 | Ezekiel Davys Wilson | |||||
| 1790 | Alexander Hamilton | |||||
| 1797 | Lord Spencer Stanley Chichester[d] | |||||
| 1798 | Earl of Belfast | |||||
| 1799 | Noah Dalway | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Carrickfergus | |||||
- Notes
References
[edit]- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 500.
- ^ Return of Members of Parliament (1878) vol. II, p. 605.
Bibliography
[edit]- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.