Down (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Coordinates: 54°33′25″N 6°18′40″W / 54.557°N 6.311°W / 54.557; -6.311

Not to be confused with Downpatrick (Parliament of Ireland constituency).

Down Former County constituency
Created	()
Post-Union	Down
Type	Irish House of Commons

Down was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Down was represented with two members.^[1]

Members of Parliament

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Murtagh Magennis			Ever Magennis
1692		James Hamilton			Sir Arthur Rawdon, 2nd Bt
1695					Nicholas Price
1703		John Hawkins Magill
1713		Michael Ward
1715					Trevor Hill
1717					Sir John Rawdon, 3rd Bt
1724					Robert Hawkins Magill
1727		Arthur Hill [note 1]
1745					Bernard Ward
1766		Henry Seymour-Conway
1768		Roger Hall
1771					Robert Stewart
1776		Viscount Kilwarlin
1783					Hon. Edward Ward
1790					Hon. Robert Stewart [note 2]
1794		Francis Savage
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Down

Notes

1. ^ Changed surname to Hill-Trevor in 1759
2. ^ Styled as Viscount Castlereagh from 1796

References

1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 501

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