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UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885
County Limerick was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland , which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.
This constituency comprised County Limerick , except for the parliamentary borough of Limerick , which was formed by the Limerick City constituency.
Members of Parliament [ edit ]
Year
1st Member
1st Party
2nd Member
2nd Party
1801, 1 Jan
John Waller
William Odell
1802, 22 July
Charles Silver Oliver
1806, 22 November
Windham Quin , later Earl of Dunraven & Mt Earl
Tory [ 1]
1818, 8 July
Richard FitzGibbon , later Earl of Clare
Whig [ 1] [ 2]
1820, 30 March
Standish O'Grady , later Viscount Guillamore
Whig [ 1]
1826, 23 Jun
Thomas Lloyd
Tory [ 1]
1830, 2 Feb
Standish O'Grady , later Viscount Guillamore[ 3] Whig [ 1]
1830, 3 May
James Hewitt Massy Dawson
Tory [ 4]
1830, 10 Aug
Standish O'Grady , later Viscount Guillamore
Whig [ 1]
1835, 15 Jan
William Smith O'Brien [ 5] Whig [ 1] [ 6] [ 2]
1841, 10 Jul
Caleb Powell
Whig [ 1]
1847, 14 Aug
Irish Confederation [ 7]
William Monsell , later Baron Emly
Peelite [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
1849, 1 Jun
Samuel Dickson
Peelite [ 11]
1850, 14 Dec
Wyndham Goold
Whig [ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
1854, Dec
Stephen de Vere
Whig [ 15]
1859, 16 May
Samuel Auchmuty Dickson
Conservative [ 7]
Liberal [ 7]
1865, 19 Jul
Edward John Synan
Liberal [ 7]
1874, 11 Feb
Home Rule [ 7]
William Henry O'Sullivan
Home Rule [ 7]
1885
Constituency divided: see East Limerick and West Limerick
Elections in the 1830s [ edit ] Lloyd's death caused a by-election.
On petition, O'Grady was unseated in favour of Massy Dawson. Elections in the 1840s [ edit ] O'Brien was adjudged guilty of high treason , causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s [ edit ] Dickson's death caused a by-election.
Monsell was appointed a clerk of ordnance, requiring a by-election.
Goold's death caused a by-election.
Monsell was appointed President of the Board of Health , requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s [ edit ] Monsell was appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade , requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1870s [ edit ] Monsell was appointed Postmaster General of the United Kingdom , requiring a by-election.
Monsell was created a peer in January 1874, voiding his seat, and a writ was to be issued for a by-election. However, this was pre-empted by the dissolution of Parliament later that month
Elections in the 1880s [ edit ]
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections . Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via Google Books . ^ a b Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer . Retrieved 24 August 2018 – via Google Books .^ O'Grady's s name was erased from the return and that of James Hewitt Massy Dawson substituted 3 May 1830
^ Salmon, Philip. "MASSY (afterwards MASSY DAWSON), James Hewitt (1779-1834), of Ballynacourte, co. Tipperary and 87 Gloucester Place, Mdx" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 17 May 2020 . ^ O'Brien was found guilty of high treason in Oct 1848
^ "Limerick Chronicle" . Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922 . Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 225–226, 293–294. ISBN 0901714127 ^ "Election Details" The Examiner . 14 August 1847. pp. 8–11. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .^ "Northern Whig" . Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .^ Potter, Matthew. "William Monsell, First Baron Emly of Terboe" (PDF) . The Old Limerick Journal : 58–63. Retrieved 5 October 2018 . ^ "State of the Country" Westmeath Independent . 2 June 1849. p. 3. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .^ "Ireland" Reading Mercury . 21 December 1850. p. 4. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .^ "The League in Limerick" Dublin Weekly Nation . 14 December 1850. p. 8. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .^ a b "Weekly Retrospect" Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury . 21 December 1850. p. 5. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .^ "Morning Advertiser" . Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .^ a b c Farrell, Stephen. "Co. Limerick" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 17 May 2020 .
