Carrickfergus (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Carrickfergus
Former county borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Antrim
ProvinceUlster
Former constituency
Created1326 (1326)
Abolished1800
Seats2
Replaced byCarrickfergus

Carrickfergus was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1326 to 1800, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes[]

This constituency was the county borough of Carrickfergus in County Antrim. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.

History[]

In 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[]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1559 James Wingfield Humphrey Warren
1585 Edward Waterhouse Thomas Stevenson
1613 [a] Humphrey Johnson
1634
1640 Sir William Sambach John Davys
1654–1660 Commonwealth - See Carrickfergus and Belfast (constituency)
1661 Sir Arthur Upton[2]
1689 Carrickfergus was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692
1695
1703
1709 Alexander Denton
1713 Arthur Davys
1715 Alexander Dalway
1719
1727 Arthur Dobbs
October 1741 [b]
December 1741
1761
1768
1776 Barry Yelverton Patriot
1784 Waddell Cunningham[c]
1785
1790
1797 [d]
1798 Earl of Belfast
1799
1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Carrickfergus
Notes
  1. ^ Knighted in 1618.
  2. ^ Declared not duly elected in 1741.
  3. ^ Declared not duly elected in 1784.
  4. ^ Also elected for Belfast in 1797, for which he chose to sit.

References[]

  1. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 500.
  2. ^ Return of Members of Parliament (1878) vol. II, p. 605.

Bibliography[]

  • 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. |volume= has extra text (help)
  • 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.
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