Down (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Down was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons
until 1800.
of 1689 summoned by King James II
, Down was represented with two members.
Irish House of Commons
The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...
until 1800.
History
In the Patriot ParliamentPatriot Parliament
The Patriot Parliament is the name given to the session of the Irish Parliament called by King James II of Ireland during the War of the Two Kings in 1689. The parliament met in one session, from 7 May 1689 to 20 July 1689, and was the only session of the Irish Parliament under King James II.The...
of 1689 summoned by King James II
James II of England
James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...
, Down was represented with two members.
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1689 Patriot Parliament Patriot Parliament The Patriot Parliament is the name given to the session of the Irish Parliament called by King James II of Ireland during the War of the Two Kings in 1689. The parliament met in one session, from 7 May 1689 to 20 July 1689, and was the only session of the Irish Parliament under King James II.The... |
Murtagh Magennis | Ever Magennis | ||||
| 1692 | James Hamilton | Sir Arthur Rawdon, 2nd Bt | ||||
| 1695 | Nicholas Price | |||||
| 1703 | John Hawkins Magill | |||||
| 1713 | Michael Ward Michael Ward (Irish politician) Michael Ward was an Irish politician and lawyer.He was the second son of Bernard Ward and his wife Mary Ward, daughter of Richard Ward. Ward entered the Irish House of Commons for Down in 1713. In 1715 and 1727, he stood also for Bangor, however chose to sit for Down both times... |
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| 1715 | Trevor Hill Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough was an Anglo-Irish landowner and politician.The son of Michael Hill and Anne Trevor, Hill was the member of an influential landowning family of County Down, Ireland. He sat in the British House of Commons as a representative for Aylesbury from 1715 to 1722... |
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| 1717 | Sir John Rawdon, 3rd Bt | |||||
| 1724 | Robert Hawkins Magill | |||||
| 1727 | Arthur Hill Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon , was an Irish politician.Born Arthur Hill, he adopted the surname Hill-Trevor in 1759. He was the second son of Robert Hill of Hillsborough, M.P. and Privy Councillor, and Anne Trevor. His maternal grandfather was the leading seventeenth-century... Changed surname to Hill-Trevor in 1759 |
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| 1745 | Bernard Ward Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor was an Irish politician and peer.-Background:He was the only surviving son of Michael Ward and his wife Anne Catharina Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton.-Career:... |
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| 1766 | Henry Seymour-Conway | |||||
| 1768 | Roger Hall | |||||
| 1771 | Robert Stewart Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry PC , was an Irish politician and landowner, the father of politician Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh.-Early life in Dublin:... |
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| 1776 | Viscount Kilwarlin Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire PC, FRS , styled Viscount Kilwarlin until 1789 and Earl of Hillsborough from 1789 to 1793, was a British peer and MP.-Life:... |
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| 1783 | Hon. Edward Ward Edward Ward (politician) Edward Ward , styled The Honourable from 1770, was an Irish politician.He was the third son of Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor and his wife Lady Ann Bligh, daughter of John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley and his wife Theodosia Bligh, 10th Baroness Clifton. His brothers were Nicholas Ward, 2nd... |
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| 1790 | Hon. Robert Stewart Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, KG, GCH, PC, PC , usually known as Lord CastlereaghThe name Castlereagh derives from the baronies of Castlereagh and Ards, in which the manors of Newtownards and Comber were located... Styled as Viscount Castlereagh from 1796 |
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| 1794 | Francis Savage | |||||
| 1801 United Kingdom general election, 1801 The United Kingdom general election, 1801 was not an election as such, but the co-option of members to serve in the first Parliament to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801... |
Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Down Down (UK Parliament constituency) Down was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland. It was a two member constituency and existed in two periods, 1801-1885 and 1922-1950.-Boundaries:1801-1885: The whole of County Down, excluding the Boroughs of Downpatrick and Newry.... |
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