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Dungannon (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Coordinates: 54°30′11″N 6°46′12″W / 54.503°N 6.770°W
Dungannon was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
| Dungannon | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Tyrone |
| Province | Ulster |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1613 |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Replaced by | Dungannon |
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Dungannon was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1613–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1613 | Sir Garret Moore | Sir Hugh Pollerde | ||||
| 1634 | Sir Faithful Fortescue | John Perkins | ||||
| 1639 | John Chichester | Thomas Madden. died and repl. 1640 by Sir Phelim O'Neill | ||||
| 1661 | Sir Arthur Chichester | Sir Thomas Bramhall | ||||
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Arthur O'Neill | Patrick Donnelly | ||||
| 1692 | John Hamilton | Sir Robert Staples, 4th Bt | ||||
| 1695 | Thomas Knox | |||||
| September 1703 | Oliver St George[note 1] | |||||
| 1703 | Edward Brice | |||||
| 1713 | Oliver St George | |||||
| 1727 | Charles Echlin | |||||
| 1731 | Thomas Knox | |||||
| 1755 | Thomas Knox | |||||
| 1769 | John Knox | |||||
| 1776 | Charles O'Hara | |||||
| 1781 | William Eden | |||||
| October 1783 | Edmund Sexton Pery[note 2] | Patriot | Hon. Thomas Knox | |||
| 1783 | Lorenzo Moore | |||||
| 1790 | Hon. John Knox | Hon. George Knox | ||||
| 1794 | James Verner | |||||
| 1798 | Hon. Charles Knox | |||||
| 1799 | Richard Fortescue Sharkey | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Dungannon | |||||
Notes
- ^ Also elected for Carrick in 1703, for which he chose to sit.
- ^ Also elected for Limerick City in 1783, for which he chose to sit.
Notes
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 504.
References
- Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885
Bibliography
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
- Leigh Rayment's historical . Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.