Monaghan (UK Parliament constituency)

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Monaghan
County constituency
Created: 1801
Abolished: 1885
Type: House of Commons

A former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament.

Contents

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Monaghan.

[edit] Members of Parliament

  • 1800-1801 Warner William Westenra
  • 1818-1830 Henry Robert Westenra, Whig
  • 1830-1834 Cadwallader Davis Blayney, Conservative
  • 1834 Henry Robert Westenra, Whig
  • 1835-1842 Henry Robert Westenra, Whig

[edit] Elections

[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)