Carrickfergus was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1326 to 1800, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland.
| Carrickfergus | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Antrim |
| Borough | Carrickfergus |
| 1326–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Carrickfergus (UKHC) |
Borough
editThis constituency was the county borough of Carrickfergus in County Antrim. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.
History
editIn 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.