Dungannon (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Dungannon was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons
until 1800.
of 1689 summoned by King James II
, Dungannon 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...
, Dungannon 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... |
Arthur O'Neill | Patrick Donnelly | ||||
| 1692 | John Hamilton | Sir Robert Staples, 4th Bt | ||||
| 1695 | Thomas Knox Thomas Knox (died 1728) Thomas Knox was an Irish politician.He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Newtownards from 1692 to 1693 and then for Dungannon from 1695 to 1727. On 18 November 1715 he was appointed to the Irish Privy Council.... |
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| September 1703 | Oliver St George Oliver St George Oliver St George was an Irish politician.The son of Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet, he married Mary, daughter of Thomas Knox, in 1701.... Also elected for Carrick Carrick (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Carrick was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1800. It returned two members.-Boundaries and Boundary Changes:... in 1703, for which he chose to sit |
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| 1703 | Edward Brice | |||||
| 1713 | Oliver St George Oliver St George Oliver St George was an Irish politician.The son of Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet, he married Mary, daughter of Thomas Knox, in 1701.... |
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| 1727 | Charles Echlin | |||||
| 1731 | Thomas Knox | |||||
| 1755 | Thomas Knox Thomas Knox, 1st Viscount Northland Thomas Knox, 1st Viscount Northland , known as The Lord Welles between 1781 and 1791, was an Irish politician.-Background:... |
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| 1769 | John Knox | |||||
| 1776 | Charles O'Hara | |||||
| 1781 | William Eden | |||||
| October 1783 | Edmund Sexton Pery Also elected for Limerick City Limerick City (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Limerick City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-1692–1801:... in 1783, for which he chose to sit |
Hon. Thomas Knox Thomas Knox, 1st Earl of Ranfurly Thomas Knox, 1st Earl of Ranfurly , styled The Honourable between 1781 and 1818 and known as The Viscount Northland between 1818 and 1831, was an Irish peer and politician.-Background:... |
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| 1783 | Lorenzo Moore | |||||
| 1790 | Hon. John Knox | Hon. George Knox George Knox The Honourable George Knox PC, FRS , was an Irish Tory politician.Knox was the fifth son of Thomas Knox, 1st Viscount Northland. In 1790, Knox entered the Irish House of Commons for Dungannon. Subsequently he sat Dublin University until the Act of Union in 1801... |
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| 1794 | James Verner | |||||
| 1798 | Hon. Charles Knox | |||||
| 1799 | Richard Fortescue Sharkey | |||||
| 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 Dungannon Dungannon (UK Parliament constituency) Dungannon 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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