- Members of the 2nd UK Parliament from Ireland
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1st Parliament (1801) 2nd Parliament (1802) 3rd Parliament (1806) This is a list of the MPs for Irish constituencies, who were elected at the United Kingdom general election, 1802, to serve as Members of the 2nd UK Parliament from Ireland, or who were elected at subsequent by-elections. There were 100 seats representing Ireland in this Parliament.
This was the first United Kingdom general election, as the House of Commons of the 1st Parliament of the United was chosen from the members of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland and not by a popular election.
The 2nd United Kingdom Parliament was elected between 5 July 1802 and 28 August 1802, as at this period the exact date for the election in each constituency was fixed by the Returning Officer. The Parliament first assembled on 31 August 1802, for a maximum duration of seven years from that date. It was dissolved on 24 October 1806 (a length of four years, one month and twenty four days).
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Summary of Results by Party (Ireland only)
The names of and votes for candidates at elections are based on Walker. Party labels are based on those used by Stooks Smith and may differ from those in other sources. Many early nineteenth century Irish MPs are not classified by party, by Stooks Smith.
In some cases, when a party label is used for the MP by Stooks Smith in a subsequent Parliament, this is noted in the Members list below.
At the dissolution of the 1st Parliament, the MPs by party (calculated as above), were
- Other (unclassified) 50, Tory 34, Whig 16: Total 100.
Party Candidates Unopposed Votes % Seats
ElectionSeats
DissolutionTory 45 37 5,703 37.03 43 43 Whig 33 21 6,274 40.73 28 31 Other 35 25 3,425 22.24 29 26 Total 113 83 15,402 100.0 100 100 Note: Two Tory candidate contested and won two constituencies. Each candidacy is counted separately in the table.
General Election Results by Constituency
Constituency Votes
ToryVotes
WhigVotes
OtherResult County Antrim
2 membersUnopp. - - - T gain from O 1 Unopp. - - - T gain from O Armagh Unopp. - - - T hold 1 County Armagh
2 membersUnopp. - - - T gain from O 1 - Unopp. - - W gain from O Athlone - - Unopp. - O hold 1 Bandon - Unopp. - - W hold 1 Belfast Unopp. - - - T hold 1 Carlow Unopp. - - - T hold 1 County Carlow
2 members- 524 437 - W gain from O - 479 426 - W gain from O Carrickfergus 381 270 - - T gain from O Cashel - Unopp. - - W gain from O County Cavan
2 members- Unopp. - - W hold 1 Unopp. - - - T hold 1 County Clare
2 members- - 880 - O hold 1 - - 535 499 O hold Clonmel Unopp. - - - T hold 1 Coleraine Unopp. - - - T hold 1 Cork
2 membersUnopp. - - - T hold 1 - Unopp. - - W hold 1 County Cork
2 members- - Unopp. - O hold 1 - - Unopp. - O hold 1 County Donegal
2 membersUnopp. - - - T hold 1 Unopp. - - - T hold County Down
2 membersUnopp. - - - T hold 1 - - Unopp. - O hold 1 Downpatrick - - 96 87 O hold Drogheda - - 213 208 O hold 1 Dublin
2 members1,965 642 - - T hold 1 1,281 1,673 - - W gain from T County Dublin
2 members708 - - - T hold 1 469 263 - - T hold 1 Dublin University 39 29 - - T hold 1 Dundalk Unopp. - - - T hold Dungannon Unopp. - - - T gain from O Dungarvan - Unopp. - - W hold Ennis Unopp. - - - T hold Enniskillen Unopp. - - - T hold County Fermanagh
2 membersUnopp. - - - T hold 1 Unopp. - - - T hold Galway Unopp. - - - T gain from W County Galway
2 members- - Unopp. - O hold 1 - - Unopp. - O hold 1 County Kerry
2 members- Unopp. - - W hold 1 Unopp. - - - T hold 1 County Kildare
2 members- Unopp. - - W gain from O - Unopp. - - W hold Kilkenny - Unopp. - - W gain from O County Kilkenny
2 members- Unopp. - - W hold 1 - Unopp. - - W hold 1 King's County
2 membersUnopp. - - - T hold - - Unopp. - O hold 1 Kinsale - - Unopp. - O hold County Leitrim
2 members- 779 - - W hold 1 389 668 - - W gain from T Limerick Unopp. - - - T gain from O County Limerick
2 members- - Unopp. - O hold 1 - - Unopp. - O hold Lisburn Unopp. - - - T hold Londonderry Unopp. - - - T gain from O County Londonderry
2 membersUnopp - - - T hold 1 Unopp. - - - T hold County Longford
2 members- - Unopp. - O hold 1 - - Unopp. - O hold County Louth
2 members- - Unopp. - O hold 1 - - Unopp. - O hold 1 Mallow - Unopp. - - W gain from O County Mayo
2 membersUnopp. - - - T gain from O 1 - Unopp. - - W gain from O County Meath
2 members- 326 - - W gain from O 1 - 181 44 - W gain from O County Monaghan
2 members- - Unopp. - O hold 1 Unopp. - - - T hold 1 New Ross - - Unopp. - O hold Newry - Unopp. - - W gain from O Portarlington - - Unopp. - O hold Queen's County
2 members- - Unopp. - O hold 1 - - Unopp. - O hold County Roscommon
2 members- Unopp. - - W hold 1 - Unopp. - - W hold Sligo Unopp. - - - T hold 1 County Sligo
2 membersUnopp. - - - T hold 1 - Unopp. - - W hold 1 County Tipperary
2 members- - Unopp. - O hold 1 - - Unopp. - O hold 1 Tralee Unopp. - - - T gain from O County Tyrone
2 members- - Unopp. - O hold 1 - - Unopp. - O hold 1 Waterford 471 440 - - T hold 1 County Waterford
2 membersUnopp. - - - T hold 1 - Unopp. - - W hold County Westmeath
2 members- - Unopp. - O hold 1 - - Unopp. - O hold 1 Wexford Unopp. - - - T gain from O County Wexford
2 membersUnopp. - - - T hold 1 Unopp. - - - T hold County Wicklow
2 members- Unopp - - W hold 1 - Unopp. - - W hold 1 Youghal Unopp. - - - T hold 1 Constituency Votes
ToryVotes
WhigVotes
OtherResult Note:-
- 1 Incumbent re-elected
Members by constituency
The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency. The County prefixes used for county constituencies is disregarded in determining alphabetical order, but the county follows any borough or city constituency with the same name.
The name of an MP who served during the Parliament, but who was not the holder of a seat at the dissolution in 1806, is given in italics. When the date of the election is in italics, this indicates a by-election.
A member of the 1st Parliament, for the same constituency, is indicated by an * before the MPs name. A member of the 1st Parliament, for a different constituency in Ireland, is indicated by a + before the MPs name.
Election Constituency Member Party Notes 1802, July 19 County Antrim
2 members*Edmond Alexander MacNaghten Tory Hon. John Bruce Richard O'Neill Tory 1802, July 9 Armagh *Patrick Duigenan Tory 1802, July 17 County Armagh
2 members*Hon. Archibald Acheson
(Viscount Acheson)Tory Styled Viscount Acheson from February 1806 Hon. Henry Caulfeild Whig 1802, July 26 Athlone *William Handcock Resigned Thomas Tyrwitt Jones 1802, July 13 Bandon *Sir Broderick Chinnery, Bt Whig 1802, July 12 Belfast *James Edward May Tory 1802, July 24 Carlow *Charles Montague Ormsby Tory Appointed Recorder of Prince of Wales Island Michael Symes 1802, July 26 County Carlow
2 membersDavid Latouche Whig Walter Bagenal Whig 1802, July 30 Carrickfergus Lord Spencer Stanley Chichester Tory 1802, July 27 Cashel Rt Hon. William Wickham Whig Appointed a Commissioner of the Treasury County Cavan
2 members*Francis Saunderson Whig Possibly Tory (see constituency article) *Nathaniel Sneyd Tory 1802, July 24 County Clare
2 members*Hon. Francis Nathaniel Burton Sir Edward O'Brien, Bt 1802, July 19 Clonmel *Rt Hon. William Bagwell Tory 1802, July 26 Coleraine *Walter Jones Tory 1802, July 16 Cork
2 members*Mountifort Longfield Tory *Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson Whig 1802, July 15 County Cork
2 members*Viscount Boyle Classified Whig in the 3rd Parliament *Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald 1802, July 28 County Donegal
2 members*Viscount Sudley Tory Sir James Stewart, Bt Tory 1802, July 24 County Down
2 members*Viscount Castlereagh Tory Appointed Secretary of State for War
and the Colonies*Francis Savage Hon. John Meade 1802, July 17 Downpatrick Charles Stewart Hawthorne 1802, July 27 Drogheda *Edward Hardman 1802, July 21 Dublin
2 members*John Claudius Beresford Tory Resigned John La Touche Whig Robert Shaw Tory 1802, July 14 County Dublin
2 members*Hans Hamilton Tory *Frederick John Falkiner Tory 1802, July 14 Dublin University *Hon. George Knox Tory Also returned for Dungannon. Appointed
a Commissioner of the Treasury in IrelandDundalk Richard Archdall Tory 1802, July 12 Dungannon +Hon. George Knox Tory Elects to sit for Dublin University Sir Charles Hamilton, Bt Tory 1802, July 17 Dungarvan William Greene Whig 1802, July 22 Ennis Rt Hon. James Fitzgerald Tory 1802, July 31 Enniskillen +Rt Hon. John Beresford Tory Elects to sit for County Waterford Tory Appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court in Bengal Tory Resigned William Henry Fremantle Tory 1802, July 19 County Fermanagh
2 members*Viscount Cole Tory Cole becomes the 2nd Earl of Enniskillen Mervyn Archdall (junior) Tory Hon. Galbraith Lowry Cole Tory 1802, July 15 Galway +Denis Bowes Daly Tory Resigned to contest County Galway James Daly Tory 1802, July 22 County Galway
2 members*Richard Martin *Hon. Richard Le Poer Trench
(Viscount Dunlo)Styled Viscount Dunlo from January 1803
Appointed Commissioner for the Affairs of IndiaEarl of Clancarty Denis Bowes Daly Tory Appointed Joint Mustermaster General in Ireland County Kerry
2 members*Rt Hon. Maurice Fitzgerald
(The 18th Knight of Kerry)Whig *James Crosbie Tory 1802, July 20 County Kildare
2 membersLord Robert Stephen Fitzgerald Whig Robert La Touche Whig 1802, July 22 Kilkenny Hon. Charles Harward Butler Whig 1802, July 19 County Kilkenny
2 members*Hon. James Wandesford Butler Whig *Rt Hon. William Brabazon Ponsonby Whig Created the 1st Baron Ponsonby Hon. George Ponsonby Whig 1802, July 22 King's County
2 membersThomas Bernard (senior) Tory *Sir Lawrence Parsons, Bt Appointed a Commissioner of the Treasury
in IrelandTory 1802, July 13 Kinsale +Samuel Campbell Rowley Resigned Henry Martin Whig 1802, July 24 County Leitrim
2 members*Viscount Clements Whig Became the 2nd Earl of Leitrim Peter La Touche Whig Henry John Clements Tory 1802, July 16 Limerick Charles Vereker Tory 1802, July 22 County Limerick
2 members*William Odell Classified Tory in the 4th Parliament Charles Silver Oliver 1802, July 12 Lisburn Earl of Yarmouth Tory 1802, July 21 Londonderry +Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, Bt Tory 1802, July 21 County Londonderry
2 members*Hon. Charles William Stewart Tory Lord George Thomas Beresford Tory 1802, July 16 County Longford
2 members*Sir Thomas Fetherston, Bt Classified Tory in the 3rd Parliament Hon. Thomas Glendowe Newcomen 1802, July 22 County Louth
2 members*William Charles Fortescue *Rt Hon. John Foster Appointed Chancellor and Under-Treasurer of
the Exchequer in IrelandTory 1802, July 13 Mallow Denham Jephson Whig 1802, July 22 County Mayo
2 members*Rt Hon. Denis Browne Tory Hon. Henry Augustus Dillon Whig 1802, July 23 County Meath
2 members*Sir Marcus Somerville, Bt Whig Thomas Bligh Whig 1802, July 23 County Monaghan
2 members*Richard Dawson *Charles Powell Leslie Tory 1802, July 10 New Ross Charles Tottenham Resigned Ponsonby Tottenham 1802, July 13 Newry +Rt Hon. Isaac Corry Whig 1802, July 17 Portarlington +Henry Brooke Parnell Resigned John Langston 1802, July 23 Queen's County
2 members*Hon. William Wellesley-Pole Sir Eyre Coote Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica Henry Brooke Parnell Appointed a Commissioner of the Treasury
in IrelandWhig 1802, July 22 County Roscommon
2 members*Arthur French Whig Hon. Edward King Whig 1802, July 24 Sligo *Tory Resigned George Canning Tory Cousin of the MP for Tralee 1802, July 23 County Sligo
2 members*Joshua Edward Cooper Tory *Charles O'Hara Whig Appointed a Commissioner of the Treasury
in IrelandCounty Tipperary
2 members*Viscount Mathew a *John Bagwell (c. 1752-1816) 1802, July 24 Tralee Rt Hon. George Canning Tory Appointed Treasurer of the Navy Sligo 1802, July 19 County Tyrone
2 members*James Stewart *Rt Hon. John Stewart 1802, July 24 Waterford *William Congreve Alcock Tory Unseated on petition 1803, December 7 Sir John Newport, Bt Whig Declared duly elected on petition. Appointed
Chancellor of the Exchequer in IrelandCounty Waterford
2 members*Rt Hon. John Beresford Tory Also returned for Enniskillen. Died. +Edward Lee Whig John Claudius Beresford Tory 1802, July 16 County Westmeath
2 members*William Smyth *Gustavus Hume-Rochfort Classified Tory in the 5th Parliament 1802, July 9 Wexford Richard Nevill Tory 1802, July 19 County Wexford
2 members*Viscount Loftus Tory Became the 2nd Marquess of Ely *Abel Ram Tory Caesar Colclough Whig 1802, July 22 County Wicklow
2 members*William Hoare Hume Whig *George Ponsonby Whig Appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland William Tighe Whig 1802, July 13 Youghal *Sir John Keane, Bt Tory Supplemental note:-
- a Stooks Smith (vol III p 240) states that there was a by-election in 1806, with Hon. Montagu James Mathew (Whig) elected in place of Viscount Mathew who had succeeded as the 2nd Earl Landaff in July. However Stooks Smith is in error: the Return of Members of Parliament (Part II p 229) shows that no further election was held in the constituency. The History of Parliament 1790-1820 vol II p 685 explains that preparations for a county byelection were made in which the new Earl of Llandaff hoped to be succeeded by his brother Montague but was restricted by a Government pledge to support Hon Francis Prittie. When the byelection was overtaken by a dissolution, the Mathew family managed to get both elected by deposing John Bagwell.
References
- The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F. W. S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B. M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
See also
Categories:- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for Irish constituencies (1801–1922)
- UK MPs 1802–1806
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