Newry (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
54°10′41″N 6°20′10″W / 54.178°N 6.336°W
| Newry | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Armagh and County Down |
| Borough | Newry |
| –1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Newry (UKHC) |
Newry was a borough constituency of the town of Newry in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. After the Acts of Union 1800, the town was represented by one MP in the United Kingdom House of Commons.
Members of Parliament
[edit]- 1613–1615 Arthur Bassett and John Leigh[1]
- 1634–1645 Arthur Terringham (Tyringham) and Robert Loftus[1]
- 1639–1642 Sir Toby Poyntz[2] and William Reading (both resigned and replaced 1641 by Thomas Stanihurst (expelled 1642)[1]
- 1661–1666 Trevor Lloyd and Nicholas Bayly[3]
1689–1801
[edit]| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | Rowland White | Rowland Savage | ||||
| 1692 | Frederick Porter | Sir John Trevor[4] | ||||
| 1695 | Robert Echlin | |||||
| 1703 | Adam Swift | |||||
| 1705 | Edward Bayly | |||||
| 1707 | Hans Hamilton | |||||
| 1715 | Robert Clements | |||||
| 1723 | James Hamilton | |||||
| 1727 | Robert Needham | Robert Ross | ||||
| 1751 | Robert Scott | |||||
| 1753 | Robert Needham | |||||
| 1761 | George Needham | Roger Hall | ||||
| 1767 | William Nedham | |||||
| 1768 | Robert Scott | |||||
| 1774 | Edward Corry | |||||
| 1776 | Robert Ross | Isaac Corry | ||||
| 1799 | John Moore | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by Westminster constituency Newry | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c McGrath, Brid (1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641 (thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin.
- ^ Genealogist, Volume 2. p. 31.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 612.
- ^ Expelled Dec. 1695
- 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.