- Armagh County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Coordinates: 54°20′53″N 6°39′22″W / 54.348°N 6.656°W
Armagh County
Former County constituencyCreated Post-Union Armagh County Type Irish House of Commons Armagh County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
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History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Armagh County was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament
1689–1801
Election First member First party Second member Second party 1689 Patriot Parliament Arthur Brownlow Walter Hovendon 1692 William Richardson 1695 Sir Nicholas Acheson, 4th Bt 1703 Sir Hans Hamilton, 2nd Bt 1711 William Brownlow 1713 Robert Cope 1715 William Richardson 1727 Robert Cope 1739 William Richardson 1753 William Brownlow 1758 Francis Caulfeild 1761 Sir Archibald Acheson, 6th Bt 1776 Thomas Dawson 1783 William Richardson 1795 William Brownlow 1798 Hon. Archibald Acheson Viscount Caulfeild 1799 Robert Camden Cope 1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Armagh County Notes
References
- ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 500
Bibliography
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0788419277.
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons
Categories:- Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
- Historic constituencies in County Armagh
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