- Members of the 1st UK Parliament from Ireland
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1st Parliament (1801) 2nd Parliament (1802) 3rd Parliament (1806) This is a list of the Irish MPs who were co-opted from the former Parliament of Ireland, to serve as Members of the 1st UK Parliament from Ireland, or who were elected at subsequent by-elections. There were 100 seats representing Ireland in this Parliament.
The United Kingdom came into existence on 1 January 1801, so the terms of all the original Westminster MPs from Ireland are deemed to begin on that date. The 1st United Kingdom Parliament assembled on 22 January 1801 and was dissolved on 29 June 1802 (a length of one year, five months and seven days).
Contents
Summary of MPs by Party (Ireland only)
The names of MPs and votes for candidates at by-elections are based on Walker. Party labels are based on those used by Stooks Smith and may differ from those in other sources. Many early nineteenth century Irish MPs are not classified by party, by Stooks Smith.
In some cases, when a party label is used for the MP by Stooks Smith in a subsequent Parliament, this is noted in the Members list below.
Party Seats
1 January 1801Seats
DissolutionTory 29 34 Whig 14 16 unclassified 53 50 vacant 4 0 Total 100 100 Members by constituency
The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency. The County prefixes used for county constituencies is disregarded in determining alphabetical order, but the county follows any borough or city constituency with the same name.
The name of an MP who served during the Parliament, but who was not the holder of a seat at the dissolution in 1802, is given in italics. When the date of the election is in italics, this indicates a by-election.
No election took place on 1 January 1801. The MPs for constituencies which retained two members after the Union (the thirty two counties and the cities of Cork and Dublin), continued in office. In the remaining seats, which were reduced from two MPs to one, there was a drawing of lots to determine which member served at Westminster. If one seat in the Parliament of Ireland was vacant, the remaining member continued in office. If both seats were vacant, then a United Kingdom by-election was held to fill the vacancy.
Election Constituency Member Party Notes 1801, January 1 County Antrim
2 membersRt Hon. John Staples Edmond Alexander MacNaghten Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament 1801, January 1 Armagh Patrick Duigenan Tory Appointed Commissioner of Compensation 1801 County Armagh
2 membersHon. Archibald Acheson Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament Robert Camden Cope 1801, January 1 Athlone William Handcock 1801, January 1 Bandon Sir Broderick Chinnery, Bt Whig 1801, January 1 Belfast James Edward May Tory 1801, January 1 Carlow Hon. Henry Sadleir Prittie The 2nd Baron Dunalley from 3 January 1801 Charles Montague Ormsby Tory 1801, January 1 County Carlow
2 membersWilliam Henry Burton Sir Richard Butler, Bt 1801, January 1 Carrickfergus Noah Dalway 1801, January 1 Cashel Richard Bagwell Resigned John Bagwell (c. 1780-1806) 1801, January 1 County Cavan
2 membersFrancis Saunderson Whig Possibly Tory (see constituency article) Nathaniel Sneyd Tory 1801, January 1 County Clare
2 membersHon. Francis Nathaniel Burton Hugh Dillon Massey 1801, January 1 Clonmel seat vacant No co-option (both Irish Parliament seats vacant) Rt Hon. William Bagwell Tory 1801, January 1 Coleraine Walter Jones Tory 1801, January 1 Cork
2 membersHon. John Hely-Hutchinson Whig Created 1st Baron Hutchinson 1801 Mountifort Longfield Tory Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson Whig 1801, January 1 County Cork
2 membersViscount Boyle Classified Whig in the 3rd Parliament Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald 1801, January 1 County Donegal
2 membersHenry Vaughan Brooke Tory Viscount Sudley Tory 1801, January 1 County Down
2 membersViscount Castlereagh Tory Francis Savage 1801, January 1 Downpatrick Clotworthy Rowley Appointed Commissioner of Compensation 1801 Samuel Campbell Rowley 1801, January 1 Drogheda Edward Hardman 1801, January 1 Dublin
2 membersJohn Claudius Beresford Tory Rt Hon. George Ogle Tory 1801, January 1 County Dublin
2 membersHans Hamilton Tory Frederick John Falkiner Tory 1801, January 1 Dublin University Hon. George Knox Tory 1801, January 1 Dundalk seat vacant No co-option (both Irish Parliament seats vacant) Rt Hon. Isaac Corry Tory 1801, January 1 Dungannon Sir Charles Hamilton, Bt Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament 1801, January 1 Dungarvan Edward Lee Whig 1801, January 1 Ennis John Ormsby Vandeleur Tory 1801, January 1 Enniskillen Hon. Arthur Cole Hamilton Tory 1801, January 1 County Fermanagh
2 membersMervyn Archdall (senior) Tory Viscount Cole Tory 1801, January 1 Galway St. George Daly Resigned John Brabazon Ponsonby Whig 1801, January 1 County Galway
2 membersRichard Le Poer Trench Richard Martin 1801, January 1 County Kerry
2 membersJames Crosbie Tory Rt Hon. Maurice Fitzgerald
(The 18th Knight of Kerry)Whig Appointed Commissioner of the Treasury 1801 County Kildare
2 membersMaurice Keating John La Touche Whig Not John La Touche, MP elected 1802 1801, January 1 Kilkenny Richard Archdall 1801, January 1 County Kilkenny
2 membersHon. James Wandesford Butler Whig Rt Hon. William Brabazon Ponsonby Whig 1801, January 1 King's County
2 membersSir Lawrence Parsons, Bt Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament Denis Bowes Daly Tory 1801, January 1 Kinsale William Rowley Appointed Commissioner of Irish Revenue 1801 County Leitrim
2 membersViscount Clements Whig Rt Hon. Theophilus Jones Tory 1801, January 1 Limerick Henry Deane Grady 1801, January 1 County Limerick
2 membersJohn Waller William Odell Classified Tory in the 4th Parliament 1801, January 1 Lisburn George Hatton Tory 1801, January 1 Londonderry Henry Alexander 1801, January 1 County Londonderry
2 membersHon. Charles William Stewart Tory seat vacant Beresford became Marquess of Waterford 1800 Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, Bt Tory 1801, January 1 County Longford
2 membersSir Thomas Fetherston, Bt Classified Tory in the 3rd Parliament Sir William Glendowe Newcomen, Bt 1801, January 1 County Louth
2 membersJohn Foster Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament William Charles Fortescue 1801, January 1 Mallow John Longfield 1801, January 1 County Mayo
2 membersRt Hon. Denis Browne Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament George Jackson 1801, January 1 County Meath
2 membersHamilton Gorges Sir Marcus Somerville, Bt Classified Whig in the 2nd Parliament 1801, January 1 County Monaghan
2 membersRichard Dawson Baron Rossmore on 6 August 1801 Charles Powell Leslie Tory 1801, January 1 New Ross Robert Leigh 1801, January 1 Newry John Moore 1801, January 1 Portarlington Frederick Trench Created the 1st Baron Ashtown on 27 December 1800 and never sat, though elected William Elliot 1801, January 1 Queen's County
2 membersBaron Castle Coote from 1 March 1802 Hon. William Wellesley-Pole Henry Brooke Parnell 1801, January 1 County Roscommon
2 membersArthur French Whig Thomas Mahon Whig 1801, January 1 Sligo Owen Wynne Tory 1801, January 1 County Sligo
2 membersJoshua Edward Cooper Tory Charles O'Hara Whig 1801, January 1 County Tipperary
2 membersViscount Mathew John Bagwell (c. 1752-1816) 1801, January 1 Tralee Arthur Moore 1801, January 1 County Tyrone
2 membersViscount Corry The 2nd Earl Belmore from 2 February 1802 James Stewart Rt Hon. John Stewart 1801, January 1 Waterford William Congreve Alcock Tory 1801, January 1 County Waterford
2 membersRt Hon. John Beresford Tory Richard Power Whig 1801, January 1 County Westmeath
2 membersWilliam Smyth Gustavus Hume-Rochfort Classified Tory in the 5th Parliament 1801, January 1 Wexford Francis Leigh Resigned Ponsonby Tottenham 1801, January 1 County Wexford
2 membersViscount Loftus Tory Abel Ram Tory 1801, January 1 County Wicklow
2 membersWilliam Hoare Hume Whig seat vacant Death of Westby on 30 November 1800 George Ponsonby Whig First contested UK election, in Ireland 1801, January 1 Youghal Sir John Keane, Bt Tory Created Baronet 1 August 1801 Supplemental note:-
- 1 An unopposed return (applies to by-elections only).
References
- The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F. W. S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B. M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
See also
Categories:- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for Irish constituencies (1801–1922)
- UK MPs 1801–1802
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