County Limerick (UK Parliament constituency)

Limerick County
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Replaced by East Limerick and West Limerick

County Limerick, also known as Limerick County, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Limerick, except for the Parliamentary borough of Limerick.

Members of Parliament

Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1801, 1 Jan John Waller William Odell
1802, 22 July Charles Silver Oliver
1806, 22 November Windham Quin, later Earl of Dunraven & Mt Earl
1818, 8 July Richard FitzGibbon, later Earl of Clare Whig
1820, 30 March Standish O'Grady, later Viscount Guillamore
1826, 23 Jun Thomas Lloyd
1830, 2 Feb Standish O'Grady, later Viscount Guillamore[1]
1830, 3 May James Hewitt Massy Dawson
1830, 10 Aug Standish O'Grady, later Viscount Guillamore
1835, 15 Jan William Smith O'Brien[2] Conservative
1841, 10 Jul Caleb Powell
1847, 14 Aug Repeal Association William Monsell, later Baron Emly Liberal
1849, 1 Jun Samuel Dickson
1850, 14 Dec Wyndham Goold
1854, Dec Stephen de Vere Liberal
1859, 16 May Samuel Auchmuty Dickson
1865, 19 Jul Edward John Synan
1874, 11 Feb William Henry O'Sullivan
1885 Constituency divided: see East Limerick and West Limerick

Elections

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Notes

  1. ↑ O'Grady's s name was erased from the return and that of James Hewitt Massy Dawson substituted 3 May 1830
  2. ↑ O'Brien was found guilty of high treason in Oct 1848

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