Lisburn (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Coordinates: 54°30′40″N 6°02′35″W / 54.511°N 6.043°W / 54.511; -6.043

Lisburn
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Antrim
ProvinceUlster
Former constituency
Created ()
Abolished1800
Seats2
Replaced byLisburn

Lisburn was a borough constituency which elected two MPs for the borough of Lisburn, County Antrim, to the Irish House of Commons, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland.

Members of Parliament[]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1661 Sir Edward Dering Sir Edward Smith
1665 Robert Johnston[1]
1692
1697 Popham Seymour-Conway
1703 Richard Nutley
1709
1711 Robert Cope Tory
1713
1715
1725 Thomas Clutterbuck
1736
1743 Robert Maxwell[a]
1743
1759
1761 Francis Seymour-Conway, Viscount Beauchamp
1768 Marcus Paterson
1771 Hon. Robert Seymour-Conway
1776 Richard Jackson[b]
1777 Richard Heron[c]
1783
1790 John Moore
1798 Stewart Bruce
1801 Replaced by Westminster constituency Lisburn
Notes
  1. ^ The Hon. Robert Maxwell from 1756.
  2. ^ Also returned for Coleraine, for which he chose to sit.
  3. ^ From 1778 Sir Richard Heron, Bt.

References[]

  • Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

Citations[]

  1. ^ Trevor Neill. "Lisburn's 17th Century Parliamentary Representatives (1663-1700)". Retrieved 14 April 2017.
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