Meath (UK Parliament constituency)
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For the 1923–1937 and 1948–2007 constituency, see Meath (Dáil Éireann constituency).
| Meath | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
| 1801–1885 | |
| Number of members | Two |
| Replaced by | North Meath and South Meath |
Meath was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1801 to 1885 returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Meath.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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| 1801 | Hamilton Gorges | Sir Marcus Somerville, 4th Baronet | ||||
| 1802 | Thomas Cherburgh Bligh | |||||
| 1812 | Thomas Taylour,Earl of Bective (later Marquess of Headfort) | |||||
| Feb 1830 | Arthur Plunkett, Baron Killeen, later Earl of Fingall | |||||
| Aug 1831 | Henry Grattan | |||||
| 1832 | Morgan O'Connell | Repealer | Repealer | |||
| 1835 | Liberal Repealer | Liberal Repealer | ||||
| Feb 1840 | Matthew Elias Corbally | Liberal | ||||
| 1841 | Daniel O'Connell[1] | Repealer | Repealer | |||
| Jun 1842 | Matthew Elias Corbally | Liberal | ||||
| 1852 | Frederick Lucas | Liberal | ||||
| 1855 | Edward McEvoy | Irish Independent | ||||
| 1857 | Irish Independent | |||||
| 1871 | John Martin | Home Rule League | ||||
| 1874 | Nicholas Ennis | Home Rule League | ||||
| 1875 | Charles Stewart Parnell[2] | Home Rule League | ||||
| Apr 1880 | Robert Henry Metge | Home Rule League | ||||
| May 1880 | Alexander Martin Sullivan | Home Rule League | ||||
| Feb 1882 | Michael Davitt[3] | Home Rule League | ||||
| Apr 1882 | Edward Sheil | Home Rule League | ||||
| Feb 1884 | William Meagher | Home Rule League | ||||
| 1885 | Constituency divided: see South Meath and North Meath | |||||
[edit] Elections
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[edit] Notes
- ^ O'Connell was also returned for County Cork and chose to sit for Cork
- ^ At the 1880 general election, Parnell was also returned for both Mayo and Cork City. He chose to sit for Cork
- ^ As a convicted felon, Davitt was held to be incapable of taking his seat. A by-election was held in April 1882
[edit] References
- The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd 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 Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
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