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Newtown Limavady (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Newtown Limavady
Former constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created ()
Abolished1800
Replaced byDisenfranchised

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

Members of Parliament

  • 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

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1692 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hugh Rowley style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Topham
1695 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Porter style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Stone
1703 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | William Conolly [2] Whig style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Cairnes[3]
September 1703 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Macartney style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Carr
1713 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | William Conolly [4] Whig style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hugh Henry[5]
1714 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Benjamin Parry style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Ussher
1715 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Isaac Manley style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Joseph Henry
1717 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Marlay [6]
1727 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Medlycott
1736 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Alexander Nesbitt
1739 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Riggs
1742 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edmond Leslie-Corry
1761 rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Burton [7]
November 1765 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Arthur Magan [8]
1765 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Staples
1768 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Jones
1776 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Alexander Murray
1777 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Colvill
1783 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Staples style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Richardson
1795 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hugh Carncross
1796 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Trench [9]
January 1798 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Viscount Castlereagh [10]
1798 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Maxwell
1798 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Eyre Power Trench
1799 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles Trench
1801 Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 625.
  2. ^ Also returned for Londonderry County, for which he chose to sit
  3. ^ Also returned for Belfast, for which he chose to sit
  4. ^ Also returned for Londonderry County, for which he chose to sit
  5. ^ Also returned for Antrim, for which he chose to sit
  6. ^ At the General Election in 1727,he was also returned for Lanesborough, for which he chose to sit
  7. ^ Also returned for Ennis, for which he chose to sit. Burton changed his surname to Conyngham 3 May 1781
  8. ^ declared not duly elected
  9. ^ from 1797 Hon. Richard Trench. At the General Election of 1797, he was also returned for Galway, for which he chose to sit
  10. ^ Also returned for Co. Down, for which he chose to sit

References