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UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885
County Limerick 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
County Limerick , except for the
parliamentary borough of
Limerick , which was formed the
Limerick City constituency.
Members of Parliament
Year
1st Member
1st Party
2nd Member
2nd 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
Tory
[1]
1818, 8 July
Richard FitzGibbon , later Earl of Clare
Whig
[1]
[2]
1820, 30 March
Standish O'Grady , later Viscount Guillamore
Whig
[1]
1826, 23 Jun
Thomas Lloyd
Tory
[1]
1830, 2 Feb
Standish O'Grady , later Viscount Guillamore
[3]
Whig
[1]
1830, 3 May
James Hewitt Massy Dawson
Tory
[4]
1830, 10 Aug
Standish O'Grady , later Viscount Guillamore
Whig
[1]
1835, 15 Jan
William Smith O'Brien
[5]
Whig
[1]
[6]
[2]
1841, 10 Jul
Caleb Powell
Whig
[1]
1847, 14 Aug
Irish Confederation
[7]
William Monsell , later Baron Emly
Peelite
[8]
[9]
[10]
1849, 1 Jun
Samuel Dickson
Peelite
[11]
1850, 14 Dec
Wyndham Goold
Whig
[12]
[13]
[14]
1854, Dec
Stephen de Vere
Whig
[15]
1859, 16 May
Samuel Auchmuty Dickson
Conservative
[7]
Liberal
[7]
1865, 19 Jul
Edward John Synan
Liberal
[7]
1874, 11 Feb
Home Rule
[7]
William Henry O'Sullivan
Home Rule
[7]
1885
Constituency divided: see
East Limerick and
West Limerick
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Lloyd's death caused a by-election.
On petition, O'Grady was unseated in favour of Massy Dawson.
Elections in the 1840s
O'Brien was adjudged guilty of
high treason , causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Dickson's death caused a by-election.
Monsell was appointed a clerk of ordnance, requiring a by-election.
Goold's death caused a by-election.
Monsell was appointed
President of the Board of Health , requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Monsell was appointed
Vice-President of the Board of Trade , requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1870s
Monsell was appointed
Postmaster General of the United Kingdom , requiring a by-election.
Monsell was created a peer in January 1874, voiding his seat, and a writ was to be issued for a by-election. However, this was pre-empted by the dissolution of Parliament later that month
Elections in the 1880s
Notes
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The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 232. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via
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Churton, Edward (1838).
The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer . pp. 91, 166. Retrieved 24 August 2018 – via
Google Books .
^ O'Grady's s name was erased from the return and that of James Hewitt Massy Dawson substituted 3 May 1830
^ Salmon, Philip.
"MASSY (afterwards MASSY DAWSON), James Hewitt (1779-1834), of Ballynacourte, co. Tipperary and 87 Gloucester Place, Mdx" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 17 May 2020 .
^ O'Brien was found guilty of high treason in Oct 1848
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"Limerick Chronicle" . 4 August 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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ab Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922 . Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 225–226, 293–294.
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"Election Details" . The Examiner . 14 August 1847. pp. 8–11. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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"Northern Whig" . 14 August 1847. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
^ Potter, Matthew.
"William Monsell, First Baron Emly of Terboe" (PDF) . The Old Limerick Journal : 58–63. Retrieved 5 October 2018 .
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"State of the Country" . Westmeath Independent . 2 June 1849. p. 3. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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"Ireland" . Reading Mercury . 21 December 1850. p. 4. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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"The League in Limerick" . Dublin Weekly Nation . 14 December 1850. p. 8. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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"Weekly Retrospect" . Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury . 21 December 1850. p. 5. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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"Morning Advertiser" . 1 December 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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"Co. Limerick" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 17 May 2020 .
References