Members of the 3rd UK Parliament from Ireland
2nd Parliament | (1802) |
3rd Parliament | (1806) |
4th Parliament | (1807) |
This is a list of the MPs for Irish constituencies, who were elected at the United Kingdom general election, 1806, to serve as Members of the 3rd UK Parliament from Ireland, or who were elected at subsequent by-elections. There were 100 seats representing Ireland in this Parliament.
This was the second United Kingdom general election, as the House of Commons of the 1st Parliament was chosen from the members of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland and not by a popular election.
The 3rd United Kingdom Parliament was elected between 29 October 1806 and 17 December 1806, as at this period the exact date for the election in each constituency was fixed by the Returning Officer. The Parliament first assembled on 13 December 1806, for a maximum duration of seven years from that date. It was dissolved on 29 April 1807 (a length of four month and sixteen days - the shortest UK Parliament ever).
Summary of Results by Party (Ireland only)
The names of and votes for candidates at 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.
At the dissolution of the 2nd Parliament, the MPs by party (calculated as above), were
- Tory 43, Whig 31, Other (unclassified) 26: Total 100.
The summary results of the 1806 general election, in Ireland, were as follows.
Party | Candidates | Unopposed | Votes | % | Seats Election | Seats Dissolution | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory a | 55 | 35 | 19,064 | 56.00 | 50 | 50 b | |
Whig a | 43 | 32 | 10,265 | 30.15 | 36 | 36 b | |
Other | 17 | 12 | 4,714 | 13.85 | 14 | 14 | |
Total | 115 | 79 | 34,043 | 100.00 | 100 | 100 | |
Notes:-
- a One Whig and three Tory candidates each contested and won two constituencies. The Right Hon. Maurice Fitzgerald, the Knight of Kerry (Whig) was elected for Kerry and Tralee. He chose to represent Kerry. Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, Bt (Tory) was returned by the boroughs of Coleraine and Londonderry. He decided to represent the latter seat. The Hon. George Knox (Tory) won Dublin University and Dungannon. He decided to sit for the University. Nathaniel Sneyd (Tory) was elected by Cavan and Enniskillen. He retained the Cavan seat. Each candidacy is counted separately in the table.
- b It is possible that there was a petition following the election at Downpatrick, which resulted in Edward Southwell Ruthven (Whig) being unseated and John Wilson Croker (Tory) being declared duly elected. Walker does not refer to this petition, but Stooks Smith mentions one. If this change did take place then there should be one more Tory member and one less Whig at the dissolution.
General Election Results by Constituency
Constituency | Votes Tory | Votes Whig | Votes Other | Result | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
County Antrim 2 members |
Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | ||
Armagh | Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
County Armagh 2 members |
Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold 1 | ||
Athlone | - | - | Unopp. | - | - | W gain from O | |
Bandon | Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T gain from W | |
Belfast | Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
Carlow | - | - | - | Unopp. | - | O hold | |
County Carlow 2 members |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold 1 | |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold 1 | ||
Carrickfergus | Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
Cashel | - | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold | |
County Cavan 2 members |
Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T gain from W | ||
County Clare 2 members |
- | - | - | Unopp. | - | O hold 1 | |
- | - | - | Unopp. | - | O hold 1 | ||
Clonmel | Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
Coleraine | Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold | |
Cork 2 members |
Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold 1 | ||
County Cork 2 members |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W gain from O 1 | |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W gain from O | ||
County Donegal 2 members |
Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold | ||
County Down 2 members |
- | - | - | Unopp. | - | O hold 1 | |
- | - | - | Unopp. | - | O hold 1 | ||
Downpatrick | 105 | - | 119 | - | - | W gain from O | |
Drogheda | Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T gain from O | |
Dublin 2 members |
1,638 | - | 1,522 | - | - | T hold 1 | |
- | - | 1,675 | - | - | W hold | ||
County Dublin 2 members |
545 | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
455 | - | 357 | - | - | T hold 1 | ||
Dublin University | 35 | 32 | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
Dundalk | Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold | |
Dungannon | Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
Dungarvan | - | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold | |
Ennis | Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
Enniskillen | Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold | |
County Fermanagh 2 members |
1,260 | 413 | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
1,416 | 623 | - | - | - | T hold 1 | ||
Galway | Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
County Galway 2 members |
2,012 | - | - | 1,770 | - | T gain from O 1 | |
3,305 | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | ||
County Kerry 2 members |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold 1 | |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W gain from T | ||
County Kildare 2 members |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold 1 | |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold 1 | ||
Kilkenny | - | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold 1 | |
County Kilkenny 2 members |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold 1 | |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold | ||
King's County 2 members |
Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | ||
Kinsale | - | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold 1 | |
County Leitrim 2 members |
759 | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
607 | - | 365 | - | - | T gain from W | ||
Limerick | Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
County Limerick 2 members |
- | - | - | 851 | - | O hold 1 | |
- | - | - | 628 | 225 | O hold | ||
Lisburn | Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
Londonderry | Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
County Londonderry 2 members |
1,397 | - | 978 | - | - | T hold 1 | |
1,123 | - | 608 | - | - | T hold 1 | ||
County Longford 2 members |
Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T gain from O | ||
County Louth 2 members |
Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T gain from O 1 | |
Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T gain from O | ||
Mallow | - | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold 1 | |
County Mayo 2 members |
3,768 | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
- | - | 3,768 | 1,240 | - | W hold 1 | ||
County Meath 2 members |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold 1 | |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold 1 | ||
County Monaghan 2 members |
- | - | - | Unopp. | - | O hold 1 | |
Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | ||
New Ross | - | - | - | Unopp. | - | O hold | |
Newry | 142 | - | 121 | - | - | T gain from W | |
Portarlington | - | - | - | Unopp. | - | O hold | |
Queen's County 2 members |
Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T gain from O 1 | |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold 1 | ||
County Roscommon 2 members |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold 1 | |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold | ||
Sligo | Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold 1 | |
County Sligo 2 members |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold 1 | |
Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold | ||
County Tipperary 2 members |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W gain from O | |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W gain from O | ||
Tralee | - | - | Unopp. | - | - | W gain from T | |
County Tyrone 2 members |
- | - | - | Unopp. | - | O hold 1 | |
- | - | - | Unopp. | - | O hold | ||
Waterford | - | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold 1 | |
County Waterford 2 members |
454 | - | 285 | - | - | T hold 1 | |
5 | - | 427 | - | - | W hold | ||
County Westmeath 2 members |
- | - | - | Unopp. | - | O hold 1 | |
- | - | - | Unopp. | - | O hold 1 | ||
Wexford | Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold | |
County Wexford 2 members |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold 1 | |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W gain from T | ||
County Wicklow 2 members |
- | - | Unopp | - | - | W hold 1 | |
- | - | Unopp. | - | - | W hold 1 | ||
Youghal | Unopp. | - | - | - | - | T hold | |
Constituency | Votes Tory | Votes Whig | Votes Other | Result | |||
Note:-
- 1 Incumbent re-elected
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 1807, is given in italics. When the date of the election is in italics, this indicates a by-election.
A member of the 2nd Parliament, for the same constituency, is indicated by an * before the MPs name. A member of the 2nd Parliament, for a different constituency in Ireland, is indicated by a + before the MPs name.
Election | Constituency | Member | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1806, November 24 | County Antrim 2 members |
*Edmond Alexander MacNaghten | Tory | ||
*Hon. John Bruce Richard O'Neill | Tory | ||||
1806, November 11 | Armagh | *Patrick Duigenan | Tory | ||
1806, November 17 | County Armagh 2 members |
*Viscount Acheson | Tory | Became the 2nd Earl of Gosford | |
*Hon. Henry Caulfeild | Whig | ||||
1807, March 13 | William Brownlow | Tory | |||
1806, November 13 | Athlone | George Tierney | Whig | ||
1806, November 15 | Bandon | Hon. Courtenay Boyle | Tory | ||
1806, November 17 | Belfast | *James Edward May | Tory | ||
1806, November 13 | Carlow | Hon. Frederick John Robinson | |||
1806, November 13 | County Carlow 2 members |
*David Latouche | Whig | ||
*Walter Bagenal | Whig | ||||
1806, November 17 | Carrickfergus | *Lord Spencer Stanley Chichester | Tory | Resigned | |
1807, March 31 | James Craig | Whig | |||
1806, November 17 | Cashel | Viscount Primrose | Whig | ||
1806, November 17 | County Cavan 2 members |
*Nathaniel Sneyd | Tory | Also returned for Enniskillen | |
John Maxwell-Barry | Tory | ||||
1806, November 13 | County Clare 2 members |
*Hon. Francis Nathaniel Burton | |||
*Sir Edward O'Brien, Bt | |||||
1806, November 20 | Clonmel | *Rt Hon. William Bagwell | Tory | ||
1806, November 13 | Coleraine | +Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, Bt | Tory | Elects to sit for Londonderry | |
1807, February 4 | *Walter Jones | Tory | |||
1806, November 14 | Cork 2 members |
*Mountifort Longfield | Tory | ||
*Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson | Whig | ||||
1806, November 17 | County Cork 2 members |
*Viscount Boyle | Whig | ||
+Hon. George Ponsonby | Whig | ||||
1806, November 17 | County Donegal 2 members |
*Sir James Stewart, Bt | Tory | ||
Henry Vaughan Brooke | Tory | ||||
1806, November 17 | County Down 2 members |
*Francis Savage | |||
*Hon. John Meade | |||||
1806, November 18 | Downpatrick | Edward Southwell Ruthven | Whig | Possibly unseated on petition and John Wilson Croker (Tory) declared duly elected | |
1806, November 14 | Drogheda | Henry Meade Ogle | Tory | ||
1806, November 19 | Dublin 2 members |
*Robert Shaw | Tory | ||
Rt Hon. Henry Grattan | Whig | ||||
1806, November 27 | County Dublin 2 members |
*Hans Hamilton | Tory | ||
*Frederick John Falkiner | Tory | ||||
1806, November 6 | Dublin University | *Hon. George Knox | Tory | Also returned for Dungannon | |
1806, November 22 | Dundalk | John Metge | Tory | Resigned | |
1807, January 20 | Josias Dupré Porcher | Tory | |||
1806, November 11 | Dungannon | *Hon. George Knox | Tory | Elects to sit for Dublin University | |
1807, January 31 | Viscount Hamilton | Tory | |||
1806, November 14 | Dungarvan | Hon. George Walpole | Whig | ||
1806, November 6 | Ennis | Rt Hon. James Fitzgerald | Tory | ||
1806, November 20 | Enniskillen | Nathaniel Sneyd | Tory | Elects to sit for Cavan | |
1807, January 14 | Richard Henry Alexander Bennet | Tory | |||
1806, November 17 | County Fermanagh 2 members |
*Mervyn Archdall (junior) | Tory | ||
*Hon. Galbraith Lowry Cole | Tory | ||||
1806, November 10 | Galway | *James Daly | Tory | ||
1806, December 17 | County Galway 2 members |
*Richard Martin | Tory | ||
*Denis Bowes Daly | Tory | ||||
1806, November 17 | County Kerry 2 members |
*Rt Hon. Maurice Fitzgerald (The 18th Knight of Kerry) |
Whig | Also returned for Tralee | |
Henry Arthur Herbert | Whig | ||||
1806, November 21 | County Kildare 2 members |
*Lord Robert Stephen Fitzgerald | Whig | ||
*Robert La Touche | Whig | ||||
1806, December 2 | Kilkenny | *Hon. Charles Harward Butler | Whig | ||
1806, November 21 | County Kilkenny 2 members |
*Hon. James Wandesford Butler | Whig | ||
Hon. Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby | Whig | ||||
1806, November 17 | King's County 2 members |
*Sir Lawrence Parsons, Bt | Tory | ||
*Thomas Bernard (senior) | Tory | ||||
1806, November 11 | Kinsale | *Henry Martin | Whig | ||
1806, November 21 | County Leitrim 2 members |
*Henry John Clements | Tory | ||
William Gore | Tory | ||||
1806, November 10 | Limerick | *Charles Vereker | Tory | ||
1806, November 22 | County Limerick 2 members |
*William Odell | Classified Tory in the 4th Parliament | ||
Hon. William Henry Quin | |||||
1806, November 20 | Lisburn | *Earl of Yarmouth | Tory | ||
1806, December 8 | Londonderry | *Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, Bt | Tory | ||
1806, December 4 | County Londonderry 2 members |
*Hon. Charles William Stewart | Tory | ||
*Lord George Thomas Beresford | Tory | ||||
1806, November 25 | County Longford 2 members |
*Sir Thomas Fetherston, Bt | Tory | ||
Viscount Forbes | Tory | ||||
1806, November 18 | County Louth 2 members |
*Rt Hon. John Foster | Tory | ||
Viscount Jocelyn | Tory | ||||
1806, November 12 | Mallow | *Denham Jephson | Whig | ||
1806, November 17 | County Mayo 2 members |
*Rt Hon. Denis Browne | Tory | a | |
*Hon. Henry Augustus Dillon | Whig | a | |||
1806, November 18 | County Meath 2 members |
*Sir Marcus Somerville, Bt | Whig | ||
*Thomas Bligh | Whig | ||||
1806, November 19 | County Monaghan 2 members |
*Richard Dawson | |||
*Charles Powell Leslie II | Tory | ||||
1806, November 10 | New Ross | Charles Leigh | |||
1806, November 15 | Newry | Hon. Francis Needham | Tory | ||
1806, November 22 | Portarlington | Sir Oswald Mosley, Bt | |||
1806, November 12 | Queen's County 2 members |
*Henry Brooke Parnell | Whig | ||
*Hon. William Wellesley-Pole | Tory | Appointed Clerk of the Ordnance | |||
1807, April 13 | |||||
1806, November 17 | County Roscommon 2 members |
*Arthur French | Whig | ||
Hon. Stephen Mahon | Whig | ||||
1806, November 17 | Sligo | *George Canning | Tory | Cousin of the future Prime Minister | |
1806, November 17 | County Sligo 2 members |
*Charles O'Hara | Whig | ||
Edward Synge Cooper | Tory | ||||
1806, November 17 | County Tipperary 2 members |
Hon. Montagu James Mathew | Whig | b | |
Hon. Francis Aldborough Prittie | Whig | ||||
1806, November 17 | Tralee | +Rt Hon. Maurice FitzGerald (The 18th Knight of Kerry) |
Whig | Elects to sit for Kerry | |
1807, January 17 | Samuel Boddington | Tory | |||
1806, November 18 | County Tyrone 2 members |
*James Stewart | |||
Hon. Thomas Knox | |||||
1806, November 17 | Waterford | *Sir John Newport, Bt | Whig | ||
1806, November 18 | County Waterford 2 members |
*John Claudius Beresford | Tory | ||
Richard Power | Whig | ||||
1806, November 15 | County Westmeath 2 members |
*William Smyth | |||
*Gustavus Hume-Rochfort | Classified Tory in the 5th Parliament | ||||
1806, November 10 | Wexford | Sir Robert Wigram, Bt | Tory | ||
1806, November 17 | County Wexford 2 members |
John Colclough | Whig | ||
Robert Shapland Carew | Whig | ||||
1806, November 15 | County Wicklow 2 members |
*William Hoare Hume | Whig | ||
*William Tighe | Whig | ||||
1806, November 10 | Youghal | Viscount Bernard | Tory | ||
Supplementary notes:-
- a Stooks Smith does not classify this MP by party, in this Parliament, but does in the previous and next Parliaments. It is assumed the party allegiance was the same in this Parliament.
- b Stooks Smith wrongly lists Hon. Montagu James Mathew as a member of the previous Parliament, following a by-election in 1806 caused by Viscount Mathew having succeeded as the 2nd Earl Landaff.
References
- 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)
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B. M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
See also
- Duration of English, British and United Kingdom Parliaments from 1660
- List of Parliaments of the United Kingdom
- United Kingdom general election, 1806