From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Youghal was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.
[edit] Boundaries
This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Youghal in County Cork.
[edit] Members of Parliament
Election |
Member |
Party |
Note |
|
1801, January 1 |
Sir John Keane, Bt |
Tory |
1801: Co-opted. Created Baronet 1 August 1801. |
|
1806, November 10 |
James Bernard, Viscount Bernard |
Tory |
|
|
1807, May 18 |
Henry Boyle, Viscount Boyle |
Whig |
Became the 3rd Earl of Shannon |
|
1807, July 28 |
Sir John Keane, Bt |
Tory |
First returned at a by-election |
|
1818, June 27 |
James Bernard, Viscount Bernard |
Tory |
|
|
1820, March 15 |
John Hyde |
|
|
|
1826, June 14 |
Hon. George Ponsonby |
Whig |
Not George Ponsonby (1755-1817) |
|
1832, December 15 |
John O'Connell |
Repeal Association |
Re-elected as a candidate of a Liberal/Repealer pact |
|
1835, January 16 |
Liberal |
|
|
1837, August 8 |
Frederick John Howard |
Liberal |
|
|
1841, July 3 |
Hon. Charles Compton Cavendish |
Liberal |
|
|
1847, August 7 |
Thomas Chisholm Anstey |
Irish Confederate |
|
|
1852, July 15 |
Isaac Butt |
Conservative |
Re-elected as a Liberal candidate |
|
1857, March 28 |
Liberal |
|
|
1865, July 18 |
Joseph Neale McKenna |
Liberal |
|
|
1868, November 23 |
Christopher Weguelin |
Liberal |
Unseated on petition and new writ issued |
|
1869, May 11 |
Montague John Guest |
Liberal |
Returned at a by-election |
|
1874, February 4 |
Sir Joseph Neale McKenna |
Home Rule League |
Last MP for the constituency |
1885 |
constituency abolished |
[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)