MPs from Ireland elected or chosen to sit from 1801 to 1802
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) [ edit ] 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.
Party Seats 1 January 1801 Seats Dissolution Tory 29 34 Whig 14 16 unclassified 53 50 vacant 4 0 Total 100 100
Members by constituency [ edit ] 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.
Election Constituency Member Party Notes 1801, 1 January County Antrim 2 members Rt Hon. John Staples 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] 1801, 1 January County Armagh 2 members Hon. Archibald Acheson Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament 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 Sir Richard Butler, Bt 1801, 1 January Carrickfergus Noah Dalway 1801, 1 January Cashel Richard Bagwell Resigned 1801, 9 December [a] John Bagwell (c. 1780-1806) 1801, 1 January County Cavan 2 members Francis Saunderson Whig Nathaniel Sneyd Tory 1801, 1 January County Clare 2 members Hon. Francis Nathaniel Burton Hugh Dillon Massy 1801, 1 January Clonmel seat vacant No co-option (both Irish Parliament seats vacant) 1801, 13 February [a] 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 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 Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald 1801, 1 January County Donegal 2 members Henry Vaughan Brooke Tory Viscount Sudley Tory 1801, 1 January County Down 2 members Viscount Castlereagh Tory Francis Savage 1801, 1 January Downpatrick Clotworthy Rowley Appointed Commissioner of Compensation 1801 1801, 10 March [a] Samuel Campbell Rowley 1801, 1 January Drogheda Edward Hardman 1801, 1 January Dublin 2 members John Claudius Beresford Tory Rt Hon. George Ogle Tory 1801, 1 January County Dublin 2 members Hans Hamilton Tory 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] Rt Hon. Isaac Corry Tory 1801, 1 January Dungannon Hon. John Knox Died 1801, 21 November [a] 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 Viscount Cole Tory 1801, 1 January Galway St. George Daly Resigned 1801, 10 March [a] John Brabazon Ponsonby Whig 1801, 1 January County Galway 2 members Richard Le Poer Trench Richard Martin 1801, 1 January County Kerry 2 members James Crosbie Tory Rt Hon. Maurice Fitzgerald (The 18th Knight of Kerry) Whig Appointed Commissioner of the Treasury 1801 1801, 5 March [a] 1801, 1 January County Kildare 2 members Maurice Keatinge John La Touche Whig Not John La Touche , MP elected 1802 1801, 1 January Kilkenny William Talbot Resigned 1802, 2 March [a] Richard Archdall 1801, 1 January County Kilkenny 2 members Hon. James Wandesford Butler Whig Rt Hon. William Brabazon Ponsonby Whig 1801, 1 January King's County 2 members Sir Lawrence Parsons, Bt Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament Denis Bowes Daly Tory 1801, 1 January Kinsale William Rowley Appointed Commissioner of Irish Revenue 1801 1801, 20 February [a] 1801, 1 January County Leitrim 2 members Viscount Clements Whig Rt Hon. Theophilus Jones Tory 1801, 1 January Limerick Henry Deane Grady 1801, 1 January County Limerick 2 members John Waller 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 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 Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, Bt 1801, 1 January County Louth 2 members John Foster Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament 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 George Jackson 1801, 1 January County Meath 2 members Hamilton Gorges Sir Marcus Somerville, Bt Classified Whig in the 2nd Parliament 1801, 1 January County Monaghan 2 members Richard Dawson 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] William Elliot 1801, 1 January Queen's County 2 members Sir John Parnell, Bt Died 6 December 1801 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 Thomas Mahon Whig 1801, 1 January Sligo Owen Wynne Tory 1801, 1 January County Sligo 2 members Joshua Edward Cooper Tory Charles O'Hara Whig 1801, 1 January County Tipperary 2 members Viscount Mathew 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 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 Richard Power Whig 1801, 1 January County Westmeath 2 members William Smyth Gustavus Hume-Rochfort Classified Tory in the 5th Parliament 1801, 1 January Wexford Francis Leigh Resigned 1801, 20 February [a] Ponsonby Tottenham 1801, 1 January County Wexford 2 members Viscount Loftus Tory Abel Ram Tory 1801, 1 January County Wicklow 2 members William Hoare Hume Whig 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 See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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
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