Fermanagh (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 54°27′04″N 7°42′47″W / 54.451°N 7.713°W
| Fermanagh | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1801–1885 | |
| Replaced by | North Fermanagh and South Fermanagh |
Fermanagh was a UK Parliament constituency in Northern Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Fermanagh, except for the Borough of Enniskillen.
Members of Parliament
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | Note | ||
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| 1801, January 1 | Mervyn Archdall | Tory | Viscount Cole | 1801: Co-opted | |||
| 1802, July 19 | Mervyn Archdall | Tory | |||||
| 1803, June 27 | Hon. Lowry Cole[1] | Viscount Cole entered the House of Lords as Baron Grinstead. | |||||
| 1823, March 8 | Viscount Corry | Tory | Cole appointed Governor of Mauritius. | ||||
| 1831, May 16 | Viscount Cole | Conservative | |||||
| 1834, June 27 | Mervyn Edward Archdale | Archdall resigned. | |||||
| 1840, 30 April | Sir Arthur Brinsley Brooke | Viscount Cole entered the House of Lords as Baron Grinstead. | |||||
| 1854, 29 December | Hon. Henry Arthur Cole | Conservative | Death of Brooke. | ||||
| 1874, 16 February | William Humphrys Archdale | ||||||
| 1880, April 13 | Viscount Crichton | Conservative | Last MPs for the constituency | ||||
| 1885 | Constituency abolished | ||||||
Elections
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References
- ↑ Knighted in 1813.
- 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)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"