County Armagh (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Pre-1801 Irish constituency
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County Armagh, Ireland, was represented in the Irish House of Commons, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland, by a county constituency of two MPs until the abolition of the Irish Parliament on 1 January 1801.[1][2] The parliamentary boroughs of Armagh and Charlemont were separately represented.[3]
| County Armagh | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Armagh |
| 1585–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | County Armagh (UKHC) |
Under the Acts of Union 1800, the county was represented by the Westminster constituency of County Armagh with two MPs in the United Kingdom House of Commons.[4] Charlemont lost its separate representation.
Members of Parliament
| Election | First MP | Second MP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1612 | Tobias Caulfeild | John Bourchier | ||||
| 1613 | Sir Francis Annesley | |||||
| 1634 | Sir Faithful Fortescue | George Radcliffe | ||||
| 1639 | Sir Faithful Fortescue | William Brownlow | ||||
| 1661 | Hans Hamilton | Edward Richardson | ||||
| 1689[5] | Arthur Brownlow | Walter Hovendon | ||||
| 1692 | William Richardson | |||||
| 1695 | Sir Nicholas Acheson, 4th Bt | |||||
| 1703 | Sir Hans Hamilton, 2nd Bt | |||||
| 1711 | William Brownlow | |||||
| 1713 | Robert Cope | Tory | ||||
| 1715 | William Richardson | |||||
| 1727 | Robert Cope | Tory | ||||
| 1739 | William Richardson | |||||
| 1753 | William Brownlow | |||||
| 1758 | Francis Caulfeild | |||||
| 1761 | Sir Archibald Acheson, 6th Bt | |||||
| 1776 | Thomas Dawson | |||||
| 1783 | William Richardson | |||||
| 1795 | William Brownlow | |||||
| 1798 | Hon. Archibald Acheson | Viscount Caulfeild | ||||
| 1799 | Robert Camden Cope | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency of County Armagh | |||||