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County Tyrone (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Coordinates: 54°36′43″N 7°09′47″W / 54.612°N 7.163°W / 54.612; -7.163
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54°36′43″N 7°09′47″W / 54.612°N 7.163°W / 54.612; -7.163

County Tyrone
Former county constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Tyrone
? (?) (? (?))–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byTyrone (UKHC)

County Tyrone was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Members of Parliament

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Election First member First party Second member Second party
1613 Sir Thomas Ridgeway Sir Francis Roe
1634 Sir James Erskine Sir Henry Tichborne
1639 Tobias Caulfeild, 3rd Baron Caulfeild Sir Audley Mervyn
1656 Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet Thomas Newburgh
1661 Sir Audley Mervyn Sir Arthur Forbes, Bt
1689 Gordon O'Neill Lewis Doe
1692 James Hamilton Tory Henry Mervyn
1695
1703 Richard Stewart Audley Mervyn
1715 Charles Stewart
1717 Audley Mervyn
1727 Richard Stewart Henry Mervyn
1729 Robert Lindsay
1733 James Stewart
1748 Galbraith Lowry[1]
1764 William Stewart
1768 Armar Lowry[2] James Stewart
1781 Nathaniel Montgomery
1790 Hon. Thomas Knox
1798 Somerset Lowry-Corry, Viscount Corry
1801 Succeeded by Westminster constituency Tyrone

Notes

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  1. ^ from 1764 Galbraith Lowry-Corry
  2. ^ from 1774 Armar Lowry-Corry

References

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  • 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.
  • Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885