County Limerick (UK Parliament constituency)
| Limerick County | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1801–1885 | |
| Replaced by | East Limerick and West Limerick |
County Limerick, also known as Limerick County, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Limerick, except for the Parliamentary borough of Limerick.
Members of Parliament
| Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801, 1 Jan | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Waller | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Odell | ||
| 1802, 22 July | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Charles Silver Oliver | ||||
| 1806, 22 November | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Windham Quin, later Earl of Dunraven & Mt Earl | ||||
| 1818, 8 July | rowspan="7" style="background-color: Template:Whigs/meta/color" | | Richard FitzGibbon, later Earl of Clare | Whig | |||
| 1820, 30 March | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Standish O'Grady, later Viscount Guillamore | ||||
| 1826, 23 Jun | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Lloyd | ||||
| 1830, 2 Feb | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Standish O'Grady, later Viscount Guillamore[1] | ||||
| 1830, 3 May | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Hewitt Massy Dawson | ||||
| 1830, 10 Aug | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Standish O'Grady, later Viscount Guillamore | ||||
| 1835, 15 Jan | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Irish Conservative Party/meta/color" | | William Smith O'Brien[2] | Conservative | |||
| 1841, 10 Jul | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Caleb Powell | ||||
| 1847, 14 Aug | rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Repeal Association/meta/color" | | Repeal Association | rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | William Monsell, later Baron Emly | Liberal | |
| 1849, 1 Jun | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Samuel Dickson | ||||
| 1850, 14 Dec | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Wyndham Goold | ||||
| 1854, Dec | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Stephen de Vere | Liberal | |||
| 1859, 16 May | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Samuel Auchmuty Dickson | ||||
| 1865, 19 Jul | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward John Synan | ||||
| 1874, 11 Feb | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Henry O'Sullivan | ||||
| 1885 | Constituency divided: see East Limerick and West Limerick | |||||
Elections
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Notes
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 "L" (part 3)