Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Donegal County constituency |
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| Created: | 1801 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
A former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament.
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[edit] Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Donegal. In 1885 it was divided into separate constituencies of East Donegal, North Donegal, South Donegal and West Donegal.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1801)
| Year | First member | Second member |
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| 1801 | Henry Vaughan Brooke | Viscount Sudley |
| 1802 | Sir James Stewart | |
| 1806 | Henry Vaughan Brooke | |
| 1808 | Henry Montgomery | |
| 1812 | George Vaughan Hart | |
| 1818 | Earl of Mount Charles | |
| 1825 | Earl of Mount Charles | |
| 1831 | Sir Edmund Hayes | Edward Conolly |
| 1849 | Thomas Conolly | |
| 1860 | James Hamilton | |
| 1876 | William Wilson | |
| 1879 | Thomas Lea | |
| 1880 | John Kinnear |
- Constituency abolished (1885)
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
[edit] Elections
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[edit] References
- The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd 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)
