Newtown Limavady (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Newtown Limavady
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Londonderry
BoroughLimavady
 () ( ())–1801 (1801)
Replaced byDisfranchised

Newtown Limavady was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Members of Parliament[edit]

1692–1801[edit]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1692 Hugh Rowley Sir John Topham
1695 William Porter Richard Stone
1703 William Conolly[2] Whig William Cairnes[3]
September 1703 George Macartney Thomas Carr
1713 William Conolly[2] Whig Hugh Henry[4]
1714 Benjamin Parry William Ussher
1715 Isaac Manley Joseph Henry
1717 Thomas Marlay[5]
1727 Thomas Medlycott
1736 Alexander Nesbitt
1739 Edward Riggs
1742 Edmond Leslie-Corry
1761 William Burton[6]
November 1765 Arthur Magan[7]
1765 John Staples
1768 Richard Jones
1776 Alexander Murray
1777 William Colvill
1783 John Staples John Richardson
1795 Hugh Carncross
1796 Richard Trench[8]
January 1798 Viscount Castlereagh[9]
1798 John Maxwell
1798 Eyre Power Trench
1799 Charles Trench
1801 Constituency disenfranchised

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 625.
  2. ^ a b Also returned for Londonderry County, for which he chose to sit
  3. ^ Also returned for Belfast, for which he chose to sit
  4. ^ Also returned for Antrim, for which he chose to sit
  5. ^ At the General Election in 1727,he was also returned for Lanesborough, for which he chose to sit
  6. ^ Also returned for Ennis, for which he chose to sit. Burton changed his surname to Conyngham 3 May 1781
  7. ^ declared not duly elected
  8. ^ from 1797 Hon. Richard Trench. At the General Election of 1797, he was also returned for Galway, for which he chose to sit
  9. ^ Also returned for Co. Down, for which he chose to sit

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