Hillsborough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Hillsborough | |
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Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Down |
Borough | Hillsborough |
1662 | –1801|
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Hillsborough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
History
[edit]In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Hillsborough was not represented.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1662–1801
[edit]- 1662–1666 Sir Robert Colville and Carrol Bolton[2]
1689–1801
[edit]Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 | Hillsborough was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | |||||
1692 | Sir John Magill | William Shaw | ||||
1695 | Michael Hill | |||||
1703 | Thomas Keightley[note 1] | Samuel Waring | ||||
1703 | William Richardson | |||||
1713 | Trevor Hill | |||||
1715 | Arthur Hill | |||||
1727 | Thomas Carter | Francis Stoyte | ||||
1733 | William Cooper[note 2] | |||||
1761 | Arthur Trevor | William Montgomery | ||||
1771 | Charles Powell Leslie I | |||||
1776 | Charles Dunbar[note 3] | |||||
1777 | James Bailie | |||||
1788 | Robert Johnson | |||||
January 1800 | Chichester Fortescue | |||||
February 1800 | William Edmond Reilly | |||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Also elected for County Kildare in 1703, for which he chose to sit.
- ^ Created a baronet in 1758
- ^ Also elected for Blessington in 1776, for which he chose to sit
References
[edit]- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 612.
Bibliography
[edit]- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
- 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.