Members of the 1st UK Parliament from Ireland

{{short description|MPs from Ireland elected or chosen to sit from 1801 to 1802}}

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|1st Parliament

|(1801)

2nd Parliament

|(1802)

3rd Parliament

|(1806)

This is a list of the Irish MPs who were co-opted from the former Parliament of Ireland, to serve as members of the 1st UK Parliament from Ireland, or who were elected at subsequent by-elections. There were 100 seats representing Ireland in this Parliament.

The United Kingdom came into existence on 1 January 1801, so the terms of all the original Westminster MPs from Ireland are deemed to begin on that date. The 1st United Kingdom Parliament assembled on 22 January 1801 and was dissolved on 29 June 1802 (a length of one year, five months and seven days).

Summary of MPs by party (Ireland only)

The names of MPs and votes for candidates at by-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.

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colspan=2| Party || Seats
1 January 1801 || Seats
Dissolution
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|Tory

|align="right" | 29

|align="right" | 34

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|Whig

|align="right" | 14

|align="right" | 16

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|unclassified

|align="right" | 53

|align="right" | 50

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|vacant

|align="right" | 4

|align="right" | 0

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|Total

|align="right" | 100

|align="right" | 100

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 1802, is given in italics. When the date of the election is in italics, this indicates a by-election.

No election took place on 1 January 1801. The MPs for constituencies which retained two members after the Union (the thirty two counties and the cities of Cork and Dublin), continued in office. In the remaining seats, which were reduced from two MPs to one, there was a drawing of lots to determine which member served at Westminster. If one seat in the Parliament of Ireland was vacant, the remaining member continued in office. If both seats were vacant, then a United Kingdom by-election was held to fill the vacancy.

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colspan="2"|ElectionConstituencyMemberPartyNotes
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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Antrim
2 members

| Rt Hon. John Staples

|

|

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| Edmond Alexander MacNaghten

|

| Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament

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| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| Armagh

|rowspan="2"| Patrick Duigenan

|rowspan="2"| Tory

| Appointed Commissioner of Compensation 1801

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| 1801, 2 March{{efn|name=unopp|An unopposed return (applies to by-elections only).}}

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Armagh
2 members

| Hon. Archibald Acheson

|

| Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament

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| Robert Camden Cope

|

|

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| 1801, 1 January

| Athlone

| William Handcock

|

|

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| 1801, 1 January

| Bandon

| Sir Broderick Chinnery, Bt

| Whig

|

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| 1801, 1 January

| Belfast

| James Edward May

| Tory

|

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| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="3"| Carlow

| Hon. Henry Sadleir Prittie

|

| The 2nd Baron Dunalley from 3 January 1801

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| 1801, 21 March{{efn|name=unopp}}

| Hon. Francis Aldborough Prittie

|

| Resigned

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| 1801, 30 July{{efn|name=unopp}}

| Charles Montague Ormsby

| Tory

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Carlow
2 members

| William Henry Burton

|

|

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| Sir Richard Butler, Bt

|

|

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| 1801, 1 January

| Carrickfergus

| Noah Dalway

|

|

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| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| Cashel

| Richard Bagwell

|

| Resigned

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| 1801, 9 December{{efn|name=unopp}}

| John Bagwell (c. 1780-1806)

|

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Cavan
2 members

| Francis Saunderson

| Whig

|

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| Nathaniel Sneyd

| Tory

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Clare
2 members

| Hon. Francis Nathaniel Burton

|

|

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| Hugh Dillon Massy

|

|

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| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| Clonmel

| seat vacant

|

| No co-option (both Irish Parliament seats vacant)

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| 1801, 13 February{{efn|name=unopp}}

| Rt Hon. William Bagwell

| Tory

|

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| 1801, 1 January

| Coleraine

| Walter Jones

| Tory

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="3"| Cork
2 members

| Hon. John Hely-Hutchinson

| Whig

| Created 1st Baron Hutchinson 1801

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| Mountifort Longfield

| Tory

|

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| 1802, 8 January{{efn|name=unopp}}

| Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson

| Whig

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Cork
2 members

| Viscount Boyle

|

| Classified Whig in the 3rd Parliament

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| Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald

|

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Donegal
2 members

| Henry Vaughan Brooke

| Tory

|

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| Viscount Sudley

| Tory

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Down
2 members

| Viscount Castlereagh

| Tory

|

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| Francis Savage

|

|

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| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| Downpatrick

| Clotworthy Rowley

|

| Appointed Commissioner of Compensation 1801

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| 1801, 10 March{{efn|name=unopp}}

| Samuel Campbell Rowley

|

|

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| 1801, 1 January

| Drogheda

| Edward Hardman

|

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| Dublin
2 members

| John Claudius Beresford

| Tory

|

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| Rt Hon. George Ogle

| Tory

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Dublin
2 members

| Hans Hamilton

| Tory

|

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| Frederick John Falkiner

| Tory

|

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| 1801, 1 January

| Dublin University

| Hon. George Knox

| Tory

|

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| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| Dundalk

| seat vacant

|

| No co-option (both Irish Parliament seats vacant)

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| 1801, 28 February{{efn|name=unopp}}

| Rt Hon. Isaac Corry

| Tory

|

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| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| Dungannon

| Hon. John Knox

|

| Died

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| 1801, 21 November{{efn|name=unopp}}

| Sir Charles Hamilton, Bt

|

| Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament

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| 1801, 1 January

| Dungarvan

| Edward Lee

| Whig

|

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| 1801, 1 January

| Ennis

| John Ormsby Vandeleur

| Tory

|

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| 1801, 1 January

| Enniskillen

| Hon. Arthur Cole Hamilton

| Tory

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Fermanagh
2 members

| Mervyn Archdall (senior)

| Tory

|

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| Viscount Cole

| Tory

|

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| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| Galway

| St. George Daly

|

| Resigned

style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 1801, 10 March{{efn|name=unopp}}

| John Brabazon Ponsonby

| Whig

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Galway
2 members

| Richard Le Poer Trench

|

|

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| Richard Martin

|

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="3"| County Kerry
2 members

| James Crosbie

| Tory

|

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|rowspan="2"| Rt Hon. Maurice Fitzgerald
(The 18th Knight of Kerry)

|rowspan="2"| Whig

| Appointed Commissioner of the Treasury 1801

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| 1801, 5 March{{efn|name=unopp}}

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Kildare
2 members

| Maurice Keatinge

|

|

style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| John La Touche

| Whig

| Not John La Touche, MP elected 1802

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| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| Kilkenny

| William Talbot

|

| Resigned

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| 1802, 2 March{{efn|name=unopp}}

| Richard Archdall

|

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Kilkenny
2 members

| Hon. James Wandesford Butler

| Whig

|

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| Rt Hon. William Brabazon Ponsonby

| Whig

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| King's County
2 members

| Sir Lawrence Parsons, Bt

|

| Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament

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| Denis Bowes Daly

| Tory

|

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| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| Kinsale

|rowspan="2"| William Rowley

|rowspan="2"|

| Appointed Commissioner of Irish Revenue 1801

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| 1801, 20 February{{efn|name=unopp}}

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Leitrim
2 members

| Viscount Clements

| Whig

|

style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Rt Hon. Theophilus Jones

| Tory

|

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| 1801, 1 January

| Limerick

| Henry Deane Grady

|

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Limerick
2 members

| John Waller

|

|

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| William Odell

|

| Classified Tory in the 4th Parliament

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| 1801, 1 January

| Lisburn

| George Hatton

| Tory

|

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| 1801, 1 January

| Londonderry

| Henry Alexander

|

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="3"| County Londonderry
2 members

| Hon. Charles William Stewart

| Tory

|

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| seat vacant

|

| Beresford became Marquess of Waterford 1800

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| 1801, 14 January {{efn|name=unopp}}

| Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, Bt

| Tory

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Longford
2 members

| Sir Thomas Fetherston, Bt

|

| Classified Tory in the 3rd Parliament

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| Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, Bt

|

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Louth
2 members

| John Foster

|

| Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament

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| William Charles Fortescue

|

|

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| 1801, 1 January

| Mallow

| John Longfield

|

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Mayo
2 members

| Rt Hon. Denis Browne

|

| Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament

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| George Jackson

|

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Meath
2 members

| Hamilton Gorges

|

|

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| Sir Marcus Somerville, Bt

|

| Classified Whig in the 2nd Parliament

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="3"| County Monaghan
2 members

| Richard Dawson

|

|

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| Warner William Westenra

|

| Succeeded as 2nd Baron Rossmore on 6 August 1801

style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| 1801, 1 December{{efn|name=unopp}}

| Charles Powell Leslie II

| Tory

|

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| 1801, 1 January

| New Ross

| Robert Leigh

|

|

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| 1801, 1 January

| Newry

| John Moore

|

|

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| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| Portarlington

| Frederick Trench

|

| Created the 1st Baron Ashtown on 27 December 1800 and never sat, though elected

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| 1801, 5 March{{efn|name=unopp}}

| William Elliot

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="4"| Queen's County
2 members

| Sir John Parnell, Bt

|

| Died 6 December 1801

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| Rt Hon. Charles Henry Coote

|

| The 2nd Baron Castle Coote from 1 March 1802

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| 1801, 28 December{{efn|name=unopp}}

| Hon. William Wellesley-Pole

|

|

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| 1802, 5 April{{efn|name=unopp}}

| Henry Brooke Parnell

|

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Roscommon
2 members

| Arthur French

| Whig

|

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| Thomas Mahon

| Whig

|

style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| 1801, 1 January

| Sligo

| Owen Wynne

| Tory

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Sligo
2 members

| Joshua Edward Cooper

| Tory

|

style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Charles O'Hara

| Whig

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Tipperary
2 members

| Viscount Mathew

|

|

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| John Bagwell (c. 1752-1816)

|

|

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| 1801, 1 January

| Tralee

| Arthur Moore

|

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="3"| County Tyrone
2 members

| Viscount Corry

|

| The 2nd Earl Belmore from 2 February 1802

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| James Stewart

|

|

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| 1802, 1 March{{efn|name=unopp}}

| Rt Hon. John Stewart

|

|

style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| 1801, 1 January

| Waterford

| William Congreve Alcock

| Tory

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Waterford
2 members

| Rt Hon. John Beresford

| Tory

|

style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Richard Power

| Whig

|

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|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Westmeath
2 members

| William Smyth

|

|

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| Gustavus Hume-Rochfort

|

| Classified Tory in the 5th Parliament

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| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| Wexford

| Francis Leigh

|

| Resigned

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| 1801, 20 February{{efn|name=unopp}}

| Ponsonby Tottenham

|

|

style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="2"| County Wexford
2 members

| Viscount Loftus

| Tory

|

style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Abel Ram

| Tory

|

style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="2"| 1801, 1 January

|rowspan="3"| County Wicklow
2 members

| William Hoare Hume

| Whig

|

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| seat vacant

|

| Death of Westby on 30 November 1800

style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 1801, February

| George Ponsonby

| Whig

| First contested UK election, in Ireland

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| 1801, 1 January

| Youghal

| Sir John Keane, Bt

| Tory

| Created baronet 1 August 1801

;Notes

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See also

References

{{reflist}}

  • 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)
  • {{cite book|title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922|editor-first=B. M.|editor-last=Walker|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|year=1978}}
  • {{Rayment|date=February 2012|external links=1}}

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