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Newtown Limavady (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Not to be confused with Newtownards (Parliament of Ireland constituency).

Newtown Limavady
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Londonderry
BoroughLimavady
 ()–1801 (1801)
Replaced byDisfranchised

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

Members of Parliament

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1692–1801

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Election First member First party Second member Second party
1692 Hugh Rowley Sir John Topham
1695 William Porter Richard Stone
1703 William Conolly[2] Whig William Cairnes[3]
September 1703 George Macartney Thomas Carr
1713 William Conolly[2] Whig Hugh Henry[4]
1714 Benjamin Parry William Ussher
1715 Isaac Manley Joseph Henry
1717 Thomas Marlay[5]
1727 Thomas Medlycott
1736 Alexander Nesbitt
1739 Edward Riggs
1742 Edmond Leslie-Corry
1761 William Burton[6]
November 1765 Arthur Magan[7]
1765 John Staples
1768 Richard Jones
1776 Alexander Murray
1777 William Colvill
1783 John Staples John Richardson
1795 Hugh Carncross
1796 Richard Trench[8]
January 1798 Viscount Castlereagh[9]
1798 John Maxwell
1798 Eyre Power Trench
1799 Charles Trench
1801 Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 625.
  2. ^ a b Also returned for Londonderry County, for which he chose to sit
  3. ^ Also returned for Belfast, for which he chose to sit
  4. ^ Also returned for Antrim, for which he chose to sit
  5. ^ At the General Election in 1727,he was also returned for Lanesborough, for which he chose to sit
  6. ^ Also returned for Ennis, for which he chose to sit. Burton changed his surname to Conyngham 3 May 1781
  7. ^ declared not duly elected
  8. ^ from 1797 Hon. Richard Trench. At the General Election of 1797, he was also returned for Galway, for which he chose to sit
  9. ^ Also returned for Co. Down, for which he chose to sit

References

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