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Hillsborough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Coordinates: 54°27′51″N 6°04′34″W / 54.4643°N 6.076°W / 54.4643; -6.076
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54°27′51″N 6°04′34″W / 54.4643°N 6.076°W / 54.4643; -6.076

Hillsborough
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Down
BoroughHillsborough
1662 (1662) (1662 (1662))–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byDisfranchised

Hillsborough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

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In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Hillsborough was not represented.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1662–1801

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1689–1801

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Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Hillsborough was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692 Sir John Magill William Shaw
1695 Michael Hill
1703 Thomas Keightley[note 1] Samuel Waring
1703 William Richardson
1713 Trevor Hill
1715 Arthur Hill
1727 Thomas Carter Francis Stoyte
1733 William Cooper[note 2]
1761 Arthur Trevor William Montgomery
1771 Charles Powell Leslie I
1776 Charles Dunbar[note 3]
1777 James Bailie
1788 Robert Johnson
January 1800 Chichester Fortescue
February 1800 William Edmond Reilly
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes

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  1. ^ Also elected for County Kildare in 1703, for which he chose to sit.
  2. ^ Created a baronet in 1758
  3. ^ Also elected for Blessington in 1776, for which he chose to sit

References

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  1. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
  2. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 612.

Bibliography

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  • 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 List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.