Members of the 1st UK Parliament from Ireland

1st Parliament	(1801)
2nd Parliament	(1802)
3rd Parliament	(1806)

This is a list of the Irish MPs who were co-opted from the former Parliament of Ireland, to serve as members of the 1st UK Parliament from Ireland, or who were elected at subsequent by-elections. There were 100 seats representing Ireland in this Parliament.

The United Kingdom came into existence on 1 January 1801, so the terms of all the original Westminster MPs from Ireland are deemed to begin on that date. The 1st United Kingdom Parliament assembled on 22 January 1801 and was dissolved on 29 June 1802 (a length of one year, five months and seven days).

Summary of MPs by party (Ireland only)

The names of MPs and votes for candidates at by-elections are based on Walker. Party labels are based on those used by Stooks Smith and may differ from those in other sources. Many early nineteenth century Irish MPs are not classified by party, by Stooks Smith.

In some cases, when a party label is used for the MP by Stooks Smith in a subsequent Parliament, this is noted in the Members list below.

	Seats 1 January 1801	Seats Dissolution
Tory	29	34
Whig	14	16
unclassified	53	50
vacant	4	0
Total	100	100

Members by constituency

The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency. The County prefixes used for county constituencies is disregarded in determining alphabetical order, but the county follows any borough or city constituency with the same name.

The name of an MP who served during the Parliament, but who was not the holder of a seat at the dissolution in 1802, is given in italics. When the date of the election is in italics, this indicates a by-election.

No election took place on 1 January 1801. The MPs for constituencies which retained two members after the Union (the thirty two counties and the cities of Cork and Dublin), continued in office. In the remaining seats, which were reduced from two MPs to one, there was a drawing of lots to determine which member served at Westminster. If one seat in the Parliament of Ireland was vacant, the remaining member continued in office. If both seats were vacant, then a United Kingdom by-election was held to fill the vacancy.

	Constituency	Member	Party	Notes
1801, 1 January	County Antrim 2 members	Rt Hon. John Staples
1801, 1 January	County Antrim 2 members	Edmond Alexander MacNaghten		Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament
1801, 1 January	Armagh	Patrick Duigenan	Tory	Appointed Commissioner of Compensation 1801
1801, 2 March^[a]	Armagh	Patrick Duigenan	Tory
1801, 1 January	County Armagh 2 members	Hon. Archibald Acheson		Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament
1801, 1 January	County Armagh 2 members	Robert Camden Cope
1801, 1 January	Athlone	William Handcock
1801, 1 January	Bandon	Sir Broderick Chinnery, Bt	Whig
1801, 1 January	Belfast	James Edward May	Tory
1801, 1 January	Carlow	Hon. Henry Sadleir Prittie		The 2nd Baron Dunalley from 3 January 1801
1801, 21 March^[a]		Hon. Francis Aldborough Prittie		Resigned
1801, 30 July^[a]		Charles Montague Ormsby	Tory
1801, 1 January	County Carlow 2 members	William Henry Burton
1801, 1 January	County Carlow 2 members	Sir Richard Butler, Bt
1801, 1 January	Carrickfergus	Noah Dalway
1801, 1 January	Cashel	Richard Bagwell		Resigned
1801, 9 December^[a]	Cashel	John Bagwell (c. 1780-1806)
1801, 1 January	County Cavan 2 members	Francis Saunderson	Whig
1801, 1 January	County Cavan 2 members	Nathaniel Sneyd	Tory
1801, 1 January	County Clare 2 members	Hon. Francis Nathaniel Burton
1801, 1 January	County Clare 2 members	Hugh Dillon Massy
1801, 1 January	Clonmel	seat vacant		No co-option (both Irish Parliament seats vacant)
1801, 13 February^[a]	Clonmel	Rt Hon. William Bagwell	Tory
1801, 1 January	Coleraine	Walter Jones	Tory
1801, 1 January	Cork 2 members	Hon. John Hely-Hutchinson	Whig	Created 1st Baron Hutchinson 1801
1801, 1 January		Mountifort Longfield	Tory
1802, 8 January^[a]		Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	Whig
1801, 1 January	County Cork 2 members	Viscount Boyle		Classified Whig in the 3rd Parliament
1801, 1 January	County Cork 2 members	Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald
1801, 1 January	County Donegal 2 members	Henry Vaughan Brooke	Tory
1801, 1 January	County Donegal 2 members	Viscount Sudley	Tory
1801, 1 January	County Down 2 members	Viscount Castlereagh	Tory
1801, 1 January	County Down 2 members	Francis Savage
1801, 1 January	Downpatrick	Clotworthy Rowley		Appointed Commissioner of Compensation 1801
1801, 10 March^[a]	Downpatrick	Samuel Campbell Rowley
1801, 1 January	Drogheda	Edward Hardman
1801, 1 January	Dublin 2 members	John Claudius Beresford	Tory
1801, 1 January	Dublin 2 members	Rt Hon. George Ogle	Tory
1801, 1 January	County Dublin 2 members	Hans Hamilton	Tory
1801, 1 January	County Dublin 2 members	Frederick John Falkiner	Tory
1801, 1 January	Dublin University	Hon. George Knox	Tory
1801, 1 January	Dundalk	seat vacant		No co-option (both Irish Parliament seats vacant)
1801, 28 February^[a]	Dundalk	Rt Hon. Isaac Corry	Tory
1801, 1 January	Dungannon	Hon. John Knox		Died
1801, 21 November^[a]	Dungannon	Sir Charles Hamilton, Bt		Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament
1801, 1 January	Dungarvan	Edward Lee	Whig
1801, 1 January	Ennis	John Ormsby Vandeleur	Tory
1801, 1 January	Enniskillen	Hon. Arthur Cole Hamilton	Tory
1801, 1 January	County Fermanagh 2 members	Mervyn Archdall (senior)	Tory
1801, 1 January	County Fermanagh 2 members	Viscount Cole	Tory
1801, 1 January	Galway	St. George Daly		Resigned
1801, 10 March^[a]	Galway	John Brabazon Ponsonby	Whig
1801, 1 January	County Galway 2 members	Richard Le Poer Trench
1801, 1 January	County Galway 2 members	Richard Martin
1801, 1 January	County Kerry 2 members	James Crosbie	Tory
1801, 1 January		Rt Hon. Maurice Fitzgerald (The 18th Knight of Kerry)	Whig	Appointed Commissioner of the Treasury 1801
1801, 5 March^[a]		Rt Hon. Maurice Fitzgerald (The 18th Knight of Kerry)	Whig
1801, 1 January	County Kildare 2 members	Maurice Keatinge
1801, 1 January	County Kildare 2 members	John La Touche	Whig	Not John La Touche, MP elected 1802
1801, 1 January	Kilkenny	William Talbot		Resigned
1802, 2 March^[a]	Kilkenny	Richard Archdall
1801, 1 January	County Kilkenny 2 members	Hon. James Wandesford Butler	Whig
1801, 1 January	County Kilkenny 2 members	Rt Hon. William Brabazon Ponsonby	Whig
1801, 1 January	King's County 2 members	Sir Lawrence Parsons, Bt		Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament
1801, 1 January	King's County 2 members	Denis Bowes Daly	Tory
1801, 1 January	Kinsale	William Rowley		Appointed Commissioner of Irish Revenue 1801
1801, 20 February^[a]	Kinsale	William Rowley
1801, 1 January	County Leitrim 2 members	Viscount Clements	Whig
1801, 1 January	County Leitrim 2 members	Rt Hon. Theophilus Jones	Tory
1801, 1 January	Limerick	Henry Deane Grady
1801, 1 January	County Limerick 2 members	John Waller
1801, 1 January	County Limerick 2 members	William Odell		Classified Tory in the 4th Parliament
1801, 1 January	Lisburn	George Hatton	Tory
1801, 1 January	Londonderry	Henry Alexander
1801, 1 January	County Londonderry 2 members	Hon. Charles William Stewart	Tory
1801, 1 January		seat vacant		Beresford became Marquess of Waterford 1800
1801, 14 January ^[a]		Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, Bt	Tory
1801, 1 January	County Longford 2 members	Sir Thomas Fetherston, Bt		Classified Tory in the 3rd Parliament
1801, 1 January	County Longford 2 members	Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, Bt
1801, 1 January	County Louth 2 members	John Foster		Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament
1801, 1 January	County Louth 2 members	William Charles Fortescue
1801, 1 January	Mallow	John Longfield
1801, 1 January	County Mayo 2 members	Rt Hon. Denis Browne		Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament
1801, 1 January	County Mayo 2 members	George Jackson
1801, 1 January	County Meath 2 members	Hamilton Gorges
1801, 1 January	County Meath 2 members	Sir Marcus Somerville, Bt		Classified Whig in the 2nd Parliament
1801, 1 January	County Monaghan 2 members	Richard Dawson
1801, 1 January		Warner William Westenra		Succeeded as 2nd Baron Rossmore on 6 August 1801
1801, 1 December^[a]		Charles Powell Leslie II	Tory
1801, 1 January	New Ross	Robert Leigh
1801, 1 January	Newry	John Moore
1801, 1 January	Portarlington	Frederick Trench		Created the 1st Baron Ashtown on 27 December 1800 and never sat, though elected
1801, 5 March^[a]	Portarlington	William Elliot
1801, 1 January	Queen's County 2 members	Sir John Parnell, Bt		Died 6 December 1801
1801, 1 January		Rt Hon. Charles Henry Coote		The 2nd Baron Castle Coote from 1 March 1802
1801, 28 December^[a]		Hon. William Wellesley-Pole
1802, 5 April^[a]		Henry Brooke Parnell
1801, 1 January	County Roscommon 2 members	Arthur French	Whig
1801, 1 January	County Roscommon 2 members	Thomas Mahon	Whig
1801, 1 January	Sligo	Owen Wynne	Tory
1801, 1 January	County Sligo 2 members	Joshua Edward Cooper	Tory
1801, 1 January	County Sligo 2 members	Charles O'Hara	Whig
1801, 1 January	County Tipperary 2 members	Viscount Mathew
1801, 1 January	County Tipperary 2 members	John Bagwell (c. 1752-1816)
1801, 1 January	Tralee	Arthur Moore
1801, 1 January	County Tyrone 2 members	Viscount Corry		The 2nd Earl Belmore from 2 February 1802
1801, 1 January		James Stewart
1802, 1 March^[a]		Rt Hon. John Stewart
1801, 1 January	Waterford	William Congreve Alcock	Tory
1801, 1 January	County Waterford 2 members	Rt Hon. John Beresford	Tory
1801, 1 January	County Waterford 2 members	Richard Power	Whig
1801, 1 January	County Westmeath 2 members	William Smyth
1801, 1 January	County Westmeath 2 members	Gustavus Hume-Rochfort		Classified Tory in the 5th Parliament
1801, 1 January	Wexford	Francis Leigh		Resigned
1801, 20 February^[a]	Wexford	Ponsonby Tottenham
1801, 1 January	County Wexford 2 members	Viscount Loftus	Tory
1801, 1 January	County Wexford 2 members	Abel Ram	Tory
1801, 1 January	County Wicklow 2 members	William Hoare Hume	Whig
1801, 1 January		seat vacant		Death of Westby on 30 November 1800
1801, February		George Ponsonby	Whig	First contested UK election, in Ireland
1801, 1 January	Youghal	Sir John Keane, Bt	Tory	Created baronet 1 August 1801

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t An unopposed return (applies to by-elections only).

References

The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F. W. S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
Walker, B. M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Royal Irish Academy.
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

[unopp-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t An unopposed return (applies to by-elections only).

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Members of the 1st UK Parliament from Ireland

Contents

Summary of MPs by party (Ireland only)

Members by constituency

See also

References