Wexford Borough (UK Parliament constituency)

Wexford Borough
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
18011885
Number of members One

Wexford Borough was a 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.

Boundaries

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNote
1801-01-01 Francis Leigh 1801: Co-opted; Resigned (appointed Escheator of Munster)
1801-02-20 Ponsonby Tottenham
1802-07-09 Richard Nevill 1 Tory
1806-11-10 Sir Robert Wigram, Bt Tory
1807-05-21 Richard Nevill 1 Tory Resigned
1810-03-03 Captain Peter Parker R.N. Tory Resigned
1811-07-01 Richard Nevill 1 Tory Resigned
1813-03-03 Vice Admiral John Fish Tory Resigned
1814-08-09 Richard Nevill 1 Tory Resigned (appointed Escheator of Ulster)
1819-03-01 Captain Henry Evans R.N. Tory
1820-03-20 William Wigram Tory
1826-06-19 Rear Admiral Henry Evans Tory Resigned
1829-06-03 Robert Wigram 2 Tory Unseated on petition
1830-03-15 3 Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering, Bt Tory Declared duly elected
1830-08-07 William Wigram Tory Unseated on petition
1831-02-21 3 Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering, Bt Ultra-Tory Declared duly elected
1831-05-06 Charles Arthur Walker Whig Re-elected as a candidate of the Repeal Association
1832-12-14 Repeal Association Re-elected as a candidate of a Liberal/Repealer pact
1835-01-12 Liberal
1841-07-12 Sir Thomas Esmonde, Bt Liberal
1847-08-04 John Thomas Devereux Repeal Association Re-elected as a Liberal candidate
1852-07-09 Liberal Became a member of the Independent Irish Party
1852 4 Independent Irish Re-elected as a Liberal candidate
1857-03-20 Liberal
1859-05-03 John Edward Redmond Liberal The grand uncle of John Redmond (1856–1918)
1865-07-17 Richard Joseph Devereux Liberal Resigned
1872-04-26 William Archer Redmond Home Rule League The grandfather of William Redmond (1886–1932). Died 1880.
1880-11-24 Timothy Michael Healy Home Rule League Joined new organisation
1882 4 Irish Parliamentary Resigned to contest Monaghan
1883-07-17 Willie Redmond Irish Parliamentary Last MP for the constituency
1885-11-18 Constituency abolished

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Elections

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