Newry (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Coordinates: 54°10′41″N 6°20′10″W / 54.178°N 6.336°W / 54.178; -6.336
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54°10′41″N 6°20′10″W / 54.178°N 6.336°W / 54.178; -6.336

Newry
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Armagh and County Down
BoroughNewry
 () ( ())–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byNewry (UKHC)

Newry was a borough constituency of the town of Newry in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. After the Acts of Union 1800, the town was represented by one MP in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Members of Parliament[edit]

  • 1613–1615 Arthur Bassett and John Leigh[1]
  • 1634–1645 Arthur Terringham (Tyringham) and Robert Loftus[1]
  • 1639–1642 Sir Toby Poyntz[2] and William Reading (both resigned and replaced 1641 by Thomas Stanihurst (expelled 1642)[1]
  • 1661–1666 Trevor Lloyd and Nicholas Bayly[3]

1689–1801[edit]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Rowland White Rowland Savage
1692 Frederick Porter Sir John Trevor[4]
1695 Robert Echlin
1703 Adam Swift
1705 Edward Bayly
1707 Hans Hamilton
1715 Robert Clements
1723 James Hamilton
1727 Robert Needham Robert Ross
1751 Robert Scott
1753 Robert Needham
1761 George Needham Roger Hall
1767 William Nedham
1768 Robert Scott
1774 Edward Corry
1776 Robert Ross Isaac Corry
1799 John Moore
1801 Succeeded by Westminster constituency Newry

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c McGrath, Brid (1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641 (thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin.
  2. ^ Genealogist, Volume 2. p. 31.
  3. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 612.
  4. ^ Expelled Dec. 1695