Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1885
Enniskillen was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland (now in Northern Ireland , which remains part of the United Kingdom ), returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.
This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Enniskillen in County Fermanagh .
Members of Parliament [ edit ] Election Member Party Note 1801, January 1 Hon. Arthur Cole Hamilton Tory 1801: Co-opted 1802, July 31 Rt Hon. John Beresford Tory Also returned by and elected to sit for County Waterford 1802, December 24 William Burroughs Tory Appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court in Bengal 1806, March 14 John King Tory Resigned 1806, July 3 William Fremantle Tory 1806, November 20 Nathaniel Sneyd Tory Also returned by and elected to sit for Cavan 1807, January 14 Richard Henry Alexander Bennet Tory 1807, May 14 Charles Pochin Tory 1812, October 26 Richard Magenis Tory [ 1] Resigned 1828, February 11 Hon. Arthur Henry Cole Tory [ 2] Re-elected as a Conservative candidate 1834, December Conservative [ 2] Resigned 1844, June 18 Hon. Henry Cole Conservative Resigned 1851, April 12 James Whiteside Conservative Resigned to contest Dublin University 1859, February 21 Hon. John Lowry Cole Conservative 1868, November 18 Viscount Crichton Conservative 1880, April 2 Viscount Cole Conservative Last MP for the constituency 1885 Constituency abolished
Elections in the 1830s [ edit ] Elections in the 1840s [ edit ] Cole resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds , causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s [ edit ] Cole resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds , causing a by-election.
Whiteside was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland , requiring a by-election.
Whiteside was appointed Attorney-General for Ireland , requiring a by-election.
In order to contest the 1859 by-election in the Dublin University , Whiteside resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Hempholme , causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s [ edit ] Elections in the 1870s [ edit ] Crichton was appointed a lord of the Treasury, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s [ edit ] ^ Farrell, Stephen. "MAGENIS, Richard (c.1763-1831), of Chanter Hill, nr. Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 15 May 2020 . ^ a b c d e f g Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830 . Retrieved 15 May 2020 – via Google Books . ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922 . Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 216, 279–280. ISBN 0901714127 ^ a b Farrell, Stephen. "Enniskillen" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 15 May 2020 . ^ Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, Volume 50 . Retrieved 25 August 2019 – via Google Books .
