Members of the 1st UK Parliament from Ireland
| 1st Parliament | (1801) |
| 2nd Parliament | (1802) |
| 3rd Parliament | (1806) |
This is a list of the Irish MPs who were co-opted from the former Parliament of Ireland, to serve as Members of the 1st UK Parliament from Ireland, or who were elected at subsequent by-elections. There were 100 seats representing Ireland in this Parliament.
The United Kingdom came into existence on 1 January 1801, so the terms of all the original Westminster MPs from Ireland are deemed to begin on that date. The 1st United Kingdom Parliament assembled on 22 January 1801 and was dissolved on 29 June 1802 (a length of one year, five months and seven days).
Summary of MPs by Party (Ireland only)
The names of MPs and votes for candidates at by-elections are based on Walker. Party labels are based on those used by Stooks Smith and may differ from those in other sources. Many early nineteenth century Irish MPs are not classified by party, by Stooks Smith.
In some cases, when a party label is used for the MP by Stooks Smith in a subsequent Parliament, this is noted in the Members list below.
| Party | Seats 1 January 1801 | Seats Dissolution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tory | 29 | 34 | |
| Whig | 14 | 16 | |
| unclassified | 53 | 50 | |
| vacant | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 100 | 100 | |
Members by constituency
The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency. The County prefixes used for county constituencies is disregarded in determining alphabetical order, but the county follows any borough or city constituency with the same name.
The name of an MP who served during the Parliament, but who was not the holder of a seat at the dissolution in 1802, is given in italics. When the date of the election is in italics, this indicates a by-election.
No election took place on 1 January 1801. The MPs for constituencies which retained two members after the Union (the thirty two counties and the cities of Cork and Dublin), continued in office. In the remaining seats, which were reduced from two MPs to one, there was a drawing of lots to determine which member served at Westminster. If one seat in the Parliament of Ireland was vacant, the remaining member continued in office. If both seats were vacant, then a United Kingdom by-election was held to fill the vacancy.
| Election | Constituency | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801, January 1 | County Antrim 2 members |
Rt Hon. John Staples | |||
| Edmond Alexander MacNaghten | Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | Armagh | Patrick Duigenan | Tory | Appointed Commissioner of Compensation 1801 | |
| 1801, March 2 1 | |||||
| 1801, January 1 | County Armagh 2 members |
Hon. Archibald Acheson | Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament | ||
| Robert Camden Cope | |||||
| 1801, January 1 | Athlone | William Handcock | |||
| 1801, January 1 | Bandon | Sir Broderick Chinnery, Bt | Whig | ||
| 1801, January 1 | Belfast | James Edward May | Tory | ||
| 1801, January 1 | Carlow | Hon. Henry Sadleir Prittie | The 2nd Baron Dunalley from 3 January 1801 | ||
| 1801, March 21 1 | Hon. Francis Aldborough Prittie | Resigned | |||
| 1801, July 30 1 | Charles Montague Ormsby | Tory | |||
| 1801, January 1 | County Carlow 2 members |
William Henry Burton | |||
| Sir Richard Butler, Bt | |||||
| 1801, January 1 | Carrickfergus | Noah Dalway | |||
| 1801, January 1 | Cashel | Richard Bagwell | Resigned | ||
| 1801, December 9 1 | John Bagwell (c. 1780-1806) | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | County Cavan 2 members |
Francis Saunderson | Whig | ||
| Nathaniel Sneyd | Tory | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | County Clare 2 members |
Hon. Francis Nathaniel Burton | |||
| Hugh Dillon Massey | |||||
| 1801, January 1 | Clonmel | seat vacant | No co-option (both Irish Parliament seats vacant) | ||
| 1801, February 13 1 | Rt Hon. William Bagwell | Tory | |||
| 1801, January 1 | Coleraine | Walter Jones | Tory | ||
| 1801, January 1 | Cork 2 members |
Hon. John Hely-Hutchinson | Whig | Created 1st Baron Hutchinson 1801 | |
| Mountifort Longfield | Tory | ||||
| 1802, January 8 1 | Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson | Whig | |||
| 1801, January 1 | County Cork 2 members |
Viscount Boyle | Classified Whig in the 3rd Parliament | ||
| Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald | |||||
| 1801, January 1 | County Donegal 2 members |
Henry Vaughan Brooke | Tory | ||
| Viscount Sudley | Tory | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | County Down 2 members |
Viscount Castlereagh | Tory | ||
| Francis Savage | |||||
| 1801, January 1 | Downpatrick | Clotworthy Rowley | Appointed Commissioner of Compensation 1801 | ||
| 1801, March 10 1 | Samuel Campbell Rowley | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | Drogheda | Edward Hardman | |||
| 1801, January 1 | Dublin 2 members |
John Claudius Beresford | Tory | ||
| Rt Hon. George Ogle | Tory | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | County Dublin 2 members |
Hans Hamilton | Tory | ||
| Frederick John Falkiner | Tory | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | Dublin University | Hon. George Knox | Tory | ||
| 1801, January 1 | Dundalk | seat vacant | No co-option (both Irish Parliament seats vacant) | ||
| 1801, February 28 1 | Rt Hon. Isaac Corry | Tory | |||
| 1801, January 1 | Dungannon | Hon. John Knox | Died | ||
| 1801, November 21 1 | Sir Charles Hamilton, Bt | Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament | |||
| 1801, January 1 | Dungarvan | Edward Lee | Whig | ||
| 1801, January 1 | Ennis | John Ormsby Vandeleur | Tory | ||
| 1801, January 1 | Enniskillen | Hon. Arthur Cole Hamilton | Tory | ||
| 1801, January 1 | County Fermanagh 2 members |
Mervyn Archdall (senior) | Tory | ||
| Viscount Cole | Tory | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | Galway | St. George Daly | Resigned | ||
| 1801, March 10 1 | John Brabazon Ponsonby | Whig | |||
| 1801, January 1 | County Galway 2 members |
Richard Le Poer Trench | |||
| Richard Martin | |||||
| 1801, January 1 | County Kerry 2 members |
James Crosbie | Tory | ||
| Rt Hon. Maurice Fitzgerald (The 18th Knight of Kerry) |
Whig | Appointed Commissioner of the Treasury 1801 | |||
| 1801, March 5 1 | |||||
| 1801, January 1 | County Kildare 2 members |
Maurice Keating | |||
| John La Touche | Whig | Not John La Touche, MP elected 1802 | |||
| 1801, January 1 | Kilkenny | William Talbot | Resigned | ||
| 1802, March 2 1 | Richard Archdall | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | County Kilkenny 2 members |
Hon. James Wandesford Butler | Whig | ||
| Rt Hon. William Brabazon Ponsonby | Whig | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | King's County 2 members |
Sir Lawrence Parsons, Bt | Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament | ||
| Denis Bowes Daly | Tory | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | Kinsale | William Rowley | Appointed Commissioner of Irish Revenue 1801 | ||
| 1801, February 20 1 | |||||
| 1801, January 1 | County Leitrim 2 members |
Viscount Clements | Whig | ||
| Rt Hon. Theophilus Jones | Tory | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | Limerick | Henry Deane Grady | |||
| 1801, January 1 | County Limerick 2 members |
John Waller | |||
| William Odell | Classified Tory in the 4th Parliament | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | Lisburn | George Hatton | Tory | ||
| 1801, January 1 | Londonderry | Henry Alexander | |||
| 1801, January 1 | County Londonderry 2 members |
Hon. Charles William Stewart | Tory | ||
| seat vacant | Beresford became Marquess of Waterford 1800 | ||||
| 1801, January 14 1 | Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, Bt | Tory | |||
| 1801, January 1 | County Longford 2 members |
Sir Thomas Fetherston, Bt | Classified Tory in the 3rd Parliament | ||
| Sir William Glendowe Newcomen, Bt | |||||
| 1801, January 1 | County Louth 2 members |
John Foster | Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament | ||
| William Charles Fortescue | |||||
| 1801, January 1 | Mallow | John Longfield | |||
| 1801, January 1 | County Mayo 2 members |
Rt Hon. Denis Browne | Classified Tory in the 2nd Parliament | ||
| George Jackson | |||||
| 1801, January 1 | County Meath 2 members |
Hamilton Gorges | |||
| Sir Marcus Somerville, Bt | Classified Whig in the 2nd Parliament | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | County Monaghan 2 members |
Richard Dawson | |||
| Warner William Westenra | Succeeded as 2nd Baron Rossmore on 6 August 1801 | ||||
| 1801, December 1 1 | Charles Powell Leslie II | Tory | |||
| 1801, January 1 | New Ross | Robert Leigh | |||
| 1801, January 1 | Newry | John Moore | |||
| 1801, January 1 | Portarlington | Frederick Trench | Created the 1st Baron Ashtown on 27 December 1800 and never sat, though elected | ||
| 1801, March 5 1 | William Elliot | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | Queen's County 2 members |
Sir John Parnell, Bt | Died 6 December 1801 | ||
| Rt Hon. Charles Henry Coote | The 2nd Baron Castle Coote from 1 March 1802 | ||||
| 1801, December 28 1 | Hon. William Wellesley-Pole | ||||
| 1802, April 5 1 | Henry Brooke Parnell | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | County Roscommon 2 members |
Arthur French | Whig | ||
| Thomas Mahon | Whig | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | Sligo | Owen Wynne | Tory | ||
| 1801, January 1 | County Sligo 2 members |
Joshua Edward Cooper | Tory | ||
| Charles O'Hara | Whig | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | County Tipperary 2 members |
Viscount Mathew | |||
| John Bagwell (c. 1752-1816) | |||||
| 1801, January 1 | Tralee | Arthur Moore | |||
| 1801, January 1 | County Tyrone 2 members |
Viscount Corry | The 2nd Earl Belmore from 2 February 1802 | ||
| James Stewart | |||||
| 1802, March 1 1 | Rt Hon. John Stewart | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | Waterford | William Congreve Alcock | Tory | ||
| 1801, January 1 | County Waterford 2 members |
Rt Hon. John Beresford | Tory | ||
| Richard Power | Whig | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | County Westmeath 2 members |
William Smyth | |||
| Gustavus Hume-Rochfort | Classified Tory in the 5th Parliament | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | Wexford | Francis Leigh | Resigned | ||
| 1801, February 20 1 | Ponsonby Tottenham | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | County Wexford 2 members |
Viscount Loftus | Tory | ||
| Abel Ram | Tory | ||||
| 1801, January 1 | County Wicklow 2 members |
William Hoare Hume | Whig | ||
| seat vacant | Death of Westby on 30 November 1800 | ||||
| 1801, February | George Ponsonby | Whig | First contested UK election, in Ireland | ||
| 1801, January 1 | Youghal | Sir John Keane, Bt | Tory | Created Baronet 1 August 1801 | |
Supplemental note:-
- 1 An unopposed return (applies to by-elections only).
References
- The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second 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 Peerage Pages
See also
- Duration of English, British and United Kingdom Parliaments from 1660
- List of Parliaments of the United Kingdom
- United Kingdom general election, 1801