Hillsborough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Coordinates: 54°27′51″N 6°04′34″W / 54.4643°N 6.076°W
Hillsborough | |
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Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1662 |
Abolished | 1800 |
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Hillsborough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
History[]
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Hillsborough was not represented.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1662–1801[]
- 1662–1666 Sir Robert Colville and Carrol Bolton [2]
1689–1801[]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 | Hillsborough was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | |||||
1692 | ||||||
1695 | Michael Hill | |||||
1703 | [note 1] | Samuel Waring | ||||
1703 | William Richardson | |||||
1713 | Trevor Hill | |||||
1715 | Arthur Hill | |||||
1727 | ||||||
1733 | [note 2] | |||||
1761 | Arthur Trevor | |||||
1771 | Charles Powell Leslie I | |||||
1776 | [note 3] | |||||
1777 | ||||||
1788 | Robert Johnson | |||||
January 1800 | Chichester Fortescue | |||||
February 1800 | ||||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |
Notes[]
- ^ Also elected for Kildare County in 1703, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Created a baronet in 1758
- ^ Also elected for Blessington in 1776, for which he chose to sit
References[]
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 612.
Bibliography[]
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
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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.
Categories:
- Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
- Historic constituencies in County Down
- 1662 establishments in Ireland
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies established in 1662
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800