Newry (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Coordinates: 54°10′41″N 6°20′10″W / 54.178°N 6.336°W
| Newry | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Counties | County Armagh and County Down |
| Province | Ulster |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Newry |
Newry was a borough constituency of the town of Newry in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. After the Acts of Union 1800, the town was represented by one MP in the United Kingdom House of Commons.
Members of Parliament[]
- 1613–1615 Arthur Bassett and John Leigh[1]
- 1634–1645 Arthur Terringham (Tyringham) and Robert Loftus[1]
- 1639–1642 Sir Toby Poyntz[2] and William Reading (both resigned and replaced 1641 by Thomas Stanihurst (expelled 1642)[1]
- 1661–1666 Trevor Lloyd and Nicholas Bayly[3]
1689–1801[]
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | ||||||
| 1692 | Sir John Trevor[4] | |||||
| 1695 | Robert Echlin | |||||
| 1703 | ||||||
| 1705 | Edward Bayly | |||||
| 1707 | ||||||
| 1715 | ||||||
| 1723 | ||||||
| 1727 | ||||||
| 1751 | ||||||
| 1753 | ||||||
| 1761 | ||||||
| 1767 | William Nedham | |||||
| 1768 | ||||||
| 1774 | ||||||
| 1776 | Isaac Corry | |||||
| 1799 | John Moore | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by Westminster constituency Newry | |||||
References[]
- 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 Armagh
- Historic constituencies in County Down
- Politics of Newry
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800