Downpatrick (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Encyclopedia
Downpatrick was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons
until 1800.
of 1689 summoned by King James II
, Downpatrick was not represented.
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...
, Downpatrick was not represented.
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | |||
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| 1689 | Downpatrick was not represented in the 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... |
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| 1692 | James Hamilton | Nicholas Price | |||||
| 1695 | Sir John Magill, 1st Bt | Francis Annesley Expelled in 1703 | |||||
| 1703 | Mathew Forde | ||||||
| 1705 | Isaac Manley | ||||||
| 1713 | Francis Annesley | ||||||
| 1715 | Sir Emanuel Moore, 3rd Bt | Thomas Medlycott | |||||
| 1727 | Edward Southwell | Cromwell Price | |||||
| 1755 | Bowen Southwell Bowen Southwell Bowen Southwell was an Irish politician.He was the second son of William Southwell and his wife Lucy Bowen, daughter of William Bowen. His uncles were Thomas Southwell, 1st Baron Southwell and Richard Southwell... |
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| 1761 | Mathew Forde | Hon. Francis Charles Annesley | |||||
| 1771 | Clotworthy Rowley | ||||||
| 1776 | Hon. Robert Henry Southwell Robert Henry Southwell Robert Henry Southwell , styled The Honourable from 1766, was an Irish politician.He was the second son of Thomas Southwell, 1st Viscount Southwell and his wife Margaret Hamilton, daughter of Arthur Cecil Hamilton. Southwell served as lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Dragoons... |
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| 1783 | Hon. Hercules Rowley Also elected for Antrim County in 1783, for which he chose to sit | ||||||
| October 1783 | Andrew Caldwell | ||||||
| 1790 | Jonathan Chetwood | ||||||
| 1798 | Josias Rowley | ||||||
| 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 Downpatrick Downpatrick (UK Parliament constituency) Downpatrick was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.-Boundaries:... |
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