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Dungannon (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Coordinates: 54°30′11″N 6°46′12″W / 54.503°N 6.770°W / 54.503; -6.770
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54°30′11″N 6°46′12″W / 54.503°N 6.770°W / 54.503; -6.770

Dungannon
Former constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created1613 (1613)
Abolished1800
Replaced byDungannon

Dungannon was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Dungannon was represented with two members.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1613 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Garret Moore style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Hugh Pollerde
1634 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Faithful Fortescue style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Perkins
1639 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Chichester style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Madden. died and
repl. 1640 by
Sir Phelim O'Neill
1661 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Arthur Chichester style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Thomas Bramhall
1689 Patriot Parliament style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Arthur O'Neill style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Patrick Donnelly
1692 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Hamilton style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Robert Staples, 4th Bt
1695 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Knox
September 1703 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Oliver St George[note 1]
1703 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Brice
1713 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Oliver St George
1727 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles Echlin
1731 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Knox
1755 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Knox
1769 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Knox
1776 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles O'Hara
1781 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Eden
October 1783 style="background-color: Template:Irish Patriot Party/meta/color" | Edmund Sexton Pery[note 2] Patriot rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. Thomas Knox
1783 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Lorenzo Moore
1790 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. John Knox rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. George Knox
1794 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Verner
1798 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. Charles Knox
1799 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Fortescue Sharkey
1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Dungannon

Notes

  1. ^ Also elected for Carrick in 1703, for which he chose to sit.
  2. ^ Also elected for Limerick City in 1783, for which he chose to sit.

Notes

  1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 504

References

Bibliography

  • O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  • 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.