Dungarvan (UK Parliament constituency)
Encyclopedia
Dungarvan was a parliamentary constituency
in Ireland
, which from 1801 to 1885 returned one Member of Parliament
(MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
.
The constituency was created when the Union of Great Britain
and Ireland
took effect on 1 January 1801, replacing the earlier Dungarvan constituency
in the Parliament of Ireland
.
of Dungarvan
in County Waterford
.
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...
in Ireland
Ireland
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, which from 1801 to 1885 returned one Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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.
The constituency was created when the Union of Great Britain
Great Britain
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and Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
took effect on 1 January 1801, replacing the earlier Dungarvan constituency
Dungarvan (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Dungarvan was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-History:In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Dungarvan was represented with two members.-1689–1801:...
in the Parliament of Ireland
Parliament of Ireland
The Parliament of Ireland was a legislature that existed in Dublin from 1297 until 1800. In its early mediaeval period during the Lordship of Ireland it consisted of either two or three chambers: the House of Commons, elected by a very restricted suffrage, the House of Lords in which the lords...
.
Boundaries
This constituency was the Parliamentary boroughParliamentary borough
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of Dungarvan
Dungarvan
Dungarvan is a town and harbour on the south coast of Ireland in the province of Munster. Dungarvan is the county town and administrative centre of County Waterford. The town's Irish name means "Garbhan's fort", referring to Saint Garbhan who founded a church there in the seventh century...
in County Waterford
County Waterford
*Abbeyside, Affane, Aglish, Annestown, An Rinn, Ardmore*Ballinacourty, Ballinameela, Ballinamult, Ballinroad, Ballybeg, Ballybricken, Ballyduff Lower, Ballyduff Upper, Ballydurn, Ballygunner, Ballylaneen, Ballymacarbry, Ballymacart, Ballynaneashagh, Ballysaggart, Ballytruckle, Bilberry, Bunmahon,...
.
Members of Parliament
- 1801 Edward Lee, Whig
- 1802 William Greene, Whig
- 1806 Hon. George WalpoleGeorge WalpoleThe Right Reverend George Henry Somerset Walpole, DD, MA was an eminent Anglican priest and author.Walpole was born in 1854 and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He began his career as curate at St Mary’s Truro. He was the incumbent of St...
, Whig - 1820 Augustus William James Clifford, Whig
- 1822 Hon. George Lamb, Whig
- 1834 Ebenezer Jacob
- 1835 Michael O'Loghlen
- 1837 John Power
- 1837 Cornelius O'Callaghan
- 1841 Richard Lalor SheilRichard Lalor SheilRichard Lalor Sheil , Irish politician, writer and orator, was born at Drumdowney, Slieverue, County Kilkenny, Ireland...
- 1851 Charles PonsonbyCharles Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de MauleyCharles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley of Canford was a British peer and Liberal politician....
, later Baron de MauleyBaron de MauleyBaron de Mauley, of Canford in the County of Dorset, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1838 for the Whig politician the Hon. William Ponsonby, who had earlier represented Poole, Knaresborough and Dorset in the House of Commons... - 1852 John Francis MaguireJohn Francis MaguireJohn Francis Maguire was an Irish politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Dungarvan in 1852, and resigned on 20 April 1852 through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. He was subsequently an MP for Cork City, serving between 1865 and his death in 1872.- External links :*...
- 1865 Charles Robert BarryCharles Robert BarryCharles Robert Barry QC, PC was an Irish lawyer who rose to become a Lord Justice of Appeal for Ireland.-Legal and judicial career:Barry was admitted to the Irish Bar in 1848 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1859...
- 1868 Henry MatthewsHenry Matthews, 1st Viscount LlandaffHenry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff PC, QC was a British lawyer and Conservative politician. He is best remembered for his role in the 1885 Sir Charles Dilke divorce trial and for his tenure as Home Secretary from 1886 to 1892.-Background and education:The member of an old Herefordshire family,...
- 1874 John O'Keeffe
- 1877 Frank Hugh O'Cahan O'Donnell