Newtown Limavady (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Newtown Limavady | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Londonderry |
| Borough | Limavady |
| –1801 | |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Newtown Limavady was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
Members of Parliament
[edit]- 1613-1615 Sir Christopher Sibthorpe and Roger Downton[1]
- 1634–1635 Arthur Newcome and George Downing[1]
- 1639–1649 Dudley Philips and John Usher[1]
- 1661–1666 George Philips and Sir Richard Gethin, 1st Baronet[1]
1692–1801
[edit]| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1692 | Hugh Rowley | Sir John Topham | ||||
| 1695 | William Porter | Richard Stone | ||||
| 1703 | William Conolly[2] | Whig | William Cairnes[3] | |||
| September 1703 | George Macartney | Thomas Carr | ||||
| 1713 | William Conolly[2] | Whig | Hugh Henry[4] | |||
| 1714 | Benjamin Parry | William Ussher | ||||
| 1715 | Isaac Manley | Joseph Henry | ||||
| 1717 | Thomas Marlay[5] | |||||
| 1727 | Thomas Medlycott | |||||
| 1736 | Alexander Nesbitt | |||||
| 1739 | Edward Riggs | |||||
| 1742 | Edmond Leslie-Corry | |||||
| 1761 | William Burton[6] | |||||
| November 1765 | Arthur Magan[7] | |||||
| 1765 | John Staples | |||||
| 1768 | Richard Jones | |||||
| 1776 | Alexander Murray | |||||
| 1777 | William Colvill | |||||
| 1783 | John Staples | John Richardson | ||||
| 1795 | Hugh Carncross | |||||
| 1796 | Richard Trench[8] | |||||
| January 1798 | Viscount Castlereagh[9] | |||||
| 1798 | John Maxwell | |||||
| 1798 | Eyre Power Trench | |||||
| 1799 | Charles Trench | |||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 625.
- ^ a b Also returned for Londonderry County, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also returned for Belfast, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also returned for Antrim, for which he chose to sit
- ^ At the General Election in 1727,he was also returned for Lanesborough, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also returned for Ennis, for which he chose to sit. Burton changed his surname to Conyngham 3 May 1781
- ^ declared not duly elected
- ^ from 1797 Hon. Richard Trench. At the General Election of 1797, he was also returned for Galway, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also returned for Co. Down, for which he chose to sit
References
[edit]- 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.