Wexford Borough (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wexford Borough
Borough constituency
Created: 1801
Abolished: 1885
Type: House of Commons
Members: One

Wexford Borough was a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP). It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.

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[edit] Boundaries

This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Wexford in County Wexford.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party Note
1801, January 1 Francis Leigh 1801: Co-opted; Resigned
1801, February 20 Ponsonby Tottenham
1802, July 9 Richard Nevill 1 Tory
1806, November 10 Sir Robert Wigram, Bt Tory
1807, May 21 Richard Nevill 1 Tory Resigned
1810, March 3 Captain Peter Parker R.N. Tory Resigned
1811, July 1 Richard Nevill 1 Tory Resigned
1813, March 3 Vice Admiral John Fish Tory Resigned
1814, August 9 Richard Nevill 1 Tory Resigned
1819, March 1 Captain Henry Evans R.N. Tory
1820, March 20 William Wigram Tory
1826, June 19 Rear Admiral Henry Evans Tory Resigned
1829, June 3 Robert Wigram 2 Tory Unseated on petition
1830, March 15 3 Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering, Bt Tory Declared duly elected
1830, August 7 Sir Robert Wigram 2 Tory Unseated on petition
1831, February 21 3 Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering, Bt Tory Declared duly elected
1831, May 6 Charles Arthur Walker Whig Re-elected as a candidate of the Repeal Association
1832, December 14 Repeal Association Re-elected as a candidate of a Liberal/Repealer pact
1835, January 12 Liberal
1841, July 12 Sir Thomas Esmonde, Bt Liberal
1847, August 4 John Thomas Devereux Repeal Association Re-elected as a Liberal candidate
1852, July 9 Liberal Became a member of the Independent Irish Party
1852 4 Independent Irish Re-elected as a Liberal candidate
1857, March 20 Liberal
1859, May 3 John Edward Redmond Liberal The grand uncle of John Edward Redmond (1856-1918)
1865, July 17 Richard Joseph Devereux Liberal Resigned
1872, April 26 William Archer Redmond Home Rule League The grandfather of William Redmond (1886-1932). Died 1880.
1880, November 24 Timothy Michael Healy Home Rule League Joined new organisation
1882 4 Irish Parliamentary Resigned to contest Monaghan
1883, July 17 William Hoey Kearney Redmond Irish Parliamentary Last MP for the constituency
1885, November 18 Constituency abolished

Notes:-

  • 1 Stooks Smith names the MP 1802-1806 as Richard Neville Furness, 1807-1810 as Richard Neville, 1811-1813 as Robert Neville and 1814-1819 as Richard Neville. Walker names the MP for all these terms as Richard Nevill.
  • 2 From 1832 known as Robert Fitzwygram.
  • 3 Not an election - date when the previous member was unseated and the petitioner was declared duly elected.
  • 4 Not an election - change of party allegiance.

[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)
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