Killyleagh (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Coordinates: 54°24′04″N 5°38′56″W / 54.401°N 5.649°W / 54.401; -5.649

Killyleagh was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It was named for the village of Killyleagh.

Killyleagh
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Down
Borough	Killyleagh
1613 (1613) (1613 (1613))–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Disfranchised

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Killyleagh was represented with two members.^[1]

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

• 1613–1615 Sir Edward Trevor and John Hamilton^[2]
• 1634–1635 Paul Reynolds and John Hamilton^[3]
• 1639–1649 Paul Reynolds and George Nettleton^[3]
• 1661–1666 Colyn Maxwell and John Swadlyn^[3]

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Bernard Magennis			Tool O'Neile
1692		Sir Patrick Dun			James Sloane
1695		Hans Hamilton
1703		Hans Stevenson			John Haltridge
1713		James Stevenson
1715		Robert Ross
1725					James Stevenson
1727		James Stevenson
1739		Alexander Hamilton
1761		Bernard Ward^[note 1]			John Congreve
1761		John Blackwood
1768		Viscount Ikerrin			Sir Archibald Acheson, 6th Bt^[note 2]
1769					Arthur Johnston
1774		Hon. Pierce Butler
1776		Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Bt			Robert Blackwood
1788					James Stevenson Blackwood^[note 3]
1790		Hon. Robert Ward
1798		Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Bt
1799		Hans Blackwood
1800		Daniel Mussenden
1801		Disenfranchised

Notes

1. Also elected for County Down in 1761, for which he chose to sit
2. Also elected for County Armagh in 1768, for which he chose to sit
3. Succeeded as 3rd Baronet in 1799

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
2. McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641". hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
3. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 613.

Bibliography

• O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
• Leigh Rayment's historical . Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.