Members of the 2nd UK Parliament from Ireland

1st Parliament (1801)
2nd Parliament (1802)
3rd Parliament (1806)

This is a list of the MPs for Irish constituencies, who were elected at the 1802 United Kingdom general election, to serve as members of the 2nd UK Parliament from Ireland, or who were elected at subsequent by-elections. There were 100 seats representing Ireland in this Parliament.

This was the first United Kingdom general election, as the House of Commons of the 1st Parliament of the United was chosen from the members of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland and not by a popular election.

The 2nd United Kingdom Parliament was elected between 5 July and 28 August 1802, as at this period the exact date for the election in each constituency was fixed by the Returning Officer. The Parliament first assembled on 31 August for a maximum duration of seven years from that date. It was dissolved on 24 October 1806 (a length of four years, one month and twenty four days).

Summary of results by party (Ireland only)

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The names of and votes for candidates at 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.

At the dissolution of the 1st Parliament, the MPs by party (calculated as above), were

Other (unclassified) 50, Tory 34, Whig 16: Total 100.
Party Candidates Unopposed Votes % Seats
election
Seats
dissolution
Tory 45 37 5,703 37.03 43 43
Whig 33 21 6,274 40.73 28 31
Other 35 25 3,425 22.24 29 26
Total 113 83 15,402 100.0 100 100

Note: Two Tory candidates contested and won two constituencies. Each candidacy is counted separately in the table.

General election results by constituency

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Constituency Votes
Tory
Votes
Whig
Votes
other
Result
County Antrim
2 members
Unopp. T gain from O 1
Unopp. T gain from O
Armagh Unopp. T hold 1
County Armagh
2 members
Unopp. T gain from O 1
Unopp. W gain from O
Athlone Unopp. O hold 1
Bandon Unopp. W hold 1
Belfast Unopp. T hold 1
Carlow Unopp. T hold 1
County Carlow
2 members
524 437 W gain from O
479 426 W gain from O
Carrickfergus 381 270 T gain from O
Cashel Unopp. W gain from O
County Cavan
2 members
Unopp. W hold 1
Unopp. T hold 1
County Clare
2 members
880 O hold 1
535 499 O hold
Clonmel Unopp. T hold 1
Coleraine Unopp. T hold 1
Cork
2 members
Unopp. T hold 1
Unopp. W hold 1
County Cork
2 members
Unopp. O hold 1
Unopp. O hold 1
County Donegal
2 members
Unopp. T hold 1
Unopp. T hold
County Down
2 members
Unopp. T hold 1
Unopp. O hold 1
Downpatrick 96 87 O hold
Drogheda 213 208 O hold 1
Dublin
2 members
1,965 642 T hold 1
1,281 1,673 W gain from T
County Dublin
2 members
708 T hold 1
469 263 T hold 1
Dublin University 39 29 T hold 1
Dundalk Unopp. T hold
Dungannon Unopp. T gain from O
Dungarvan Unopp. W hold
Ennis Unopp. T hold
Enniskillen Unopp. T hold
County Fermanagh
2 members
Unopp. T hold 1
Unopp. T hold
Galway Unopp. T gain from W
County Galway
2 members
Unopp. O hold 1
Unopp. O hold 1
County Kerry
2 members
Unopp. W hold 1
Unopp. T hold 1
County Kildare
2 members
Unopp. W gain from O
Unopp. W hold
Kilkenny Unopp. W gain from O
County Kilkenny
2 members
Unopp. W hold 1
Unopp. W hold 1
King's County
2 members
Unopp. T hold
Unopp. O hold 1
Kinsale Unopp. O hold
County Leitrim
2 members
779 W hold 1
389 668 W gain from T
Limerick Unopp. T gain from O
County Limerick
2 members
Unopp. O hold 1
Unopp. O hold
Lisburn Unopp. T hold
Londonderry Unopp. T gain from O
County Londonderry
2 members
Unopp T hold 1
Unopp. T hold
County Longford
2 members
Unopp. O hold 1
Unopp. O hold
County Louth
2 members
Unopp. O hold 1
Unopp. O hold 1
Mallow Unopp. W gain from O
County Mayo
2 members
Unopp. T gain from O 1
Unopp. W gain from O
County Meath
2 members
326 W gain from O 1
181 44 W gain from O
County Monaghan
2 members
Unopp. O hold 1
Unopp. T hold 1
New Ross Unopp. O hold
Newry Unopp. W gain from O
Portarlington Unopp. O hold
Queen's County
2 members
Unopp. O hold 1
Unopp. O hold
County Roscommon
2 members
Unopp. W hold 1
Unopp. W hold
Sligo Unopp. T hold 1
County Sligo
2 members
Unopp. T hold 1
Unopp. W hold 1
County Tipperary
2 members
Unopp. O hold 1
Unopp. O hold 1
Tralee Unopp. T gain from O
County Tyrone
2 members
Unopp. O hold 1
Unopp. O hold 1
Waterford 471 440 T hold 1
County Waterford
2 members
Unopp. T hold 1
Unopp. W hold
County Westmeath
2 members
Unopp. O hold 1
Unopp. O hold 1
Wexford Unopp. T gain from O
County Wexford
2 members
Unopp. T hold 1
Unopp. T hold
County Wicklow
2 members
Unopp W hold 1
Unopp. W hold 1
Youghal Unopp. T hold 1
Constituency Votes
Tory
Votes
Whig
Votes
other
Result

Note:

  • 1 Incumbent re-elected

Members by constituency

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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 1806, is given in italics. When the date of the election is in italics, this indicates a by-election.

A member of the 1st Parliament, for the same constituency, is indicated by an * before the MPs name. A member of the 1st Parliament, for a different constituency in Ireland, is indicated by a + before the MPs name.

Election Constituency Member Party Notes
1802, 19 July County Antrim
2 members
*Edmond Alexander MacNaghten Tory
Hon. John O'Neill Tory
1802, 9 July Armagh *Patrick Duigenan Tory
1802, 17 July County Armagh
2 members
*Hon. Archibald Acheson
(Viscount Acheson)
Tory Styled Viscount Acheson from February 1806
Hon. Henry Caulfeild Whig
1802, 26 July Athlone *William Handcock Resigned
1803, 22 August Thomas Tyrwitt Jones
1802, 13 July Bandon *Sir Broderick Chinnery, Bt Whig
1802, 12 July Belfast *James Edward May Tory
1802, 24 July Carlow *Charles Montague Ormsby Tory Appointed Recorder of Prince of Wales Island (Penang)
1806, 9 June Michael Symes
1802, 26 July County Carlow
2 members
David La Touche Whig
Walter Bagenal Whig
1802, 30 July Carrickfergus Lord Spencer Stanley Chichester Tory
1802, 27 July Cashel Rt Hon. William Wickham Whig Appointed a Commissioner of the Treasury
1806, 27 February
1802, 16 July County Cavan
2 members
*Francis Saunderson Whig Possibly Tory (see constituency article)
*Nathaniel Sneyd Tory
1802, 24 July County Clare
2 members
*Hon. Francis Nathaniel Burton
Sir Edward O'Brien, Bt
1802, 19 July Clonmel *Rt Hon. William Bagwell Tory
1802, 26 July Coleraine *Walter Jones Tory
1802, 16 July Cork
2 members
*Mountifort Longfield Tory
*Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson Whig
1802, 15 July County Cork
2 members
*Viscount Boyle Classified Whig in the 3rd Parliament
*Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald
1802, 28 July County Donegal
2 members
*Viscount Sudley Tory
Sir James Stewart, Bt Tory
1802, 24 July County Down
2 members
*Viscount Castlereagh Tory Appointed Secretary of State for War
and the Colonies
*Francis Savage
1805, 27 July Hon. John Meade
1802, 17 July Downpatrick Charles Stewart Hawthorne
1802, 27 July Drogheda *Edward Hardman
1802, 21 July Dublin
2 members
*John Claudius Beresford Tory Resigned
John La Touche Whig
1804, 31 March Robert Shaw Tory
1802, 14 July County Dublin
2 members
*Hans Hamilton Tory
*Frederick John Falkiner Tory
1802, 14 July Dublin University *Hon. George Knox Tory Also returned for Dungannon. Appointed
a Commissioner of the Treasury in Ireland
1805, 28 March
1802, 15 July Dundalk Richard Archdall Tory
1802, 12 July Dungannon +Hon. George Knox Tory Elects to sit for Dublin University
1803, 9 June *Sir Charles Hamilton, Bt Tory
1802, 17 July Dungarvan William Greene Whig
1802, 22 July Ennis Rt Hon. James Fitzgerald Tory
1802, 31 July Enniskillen +Rt Hon. John Beresford Tory Elects to sit for County Waterford
1802, 24 December William Burroughs Tory Appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court in Bengal
1806, 14 March John King Tory Resigned
1806, 3 July William Henry Fremantle Tory
1802, 19 July County Fermanagh
2 members
*Viscount Cole Tory Cole becomes the 2nd Earl of Enniskillen
Mervyn Archdall (junior) Tory
1803, 27 June Hon. Galbraith Lowry Cole Tory
1802, 15 July Galway +Denis Bowes Daly Tory Resigned to contest County Galway
1805, 29 June James Daly Tory
1802, 22 July County Galway
2 members
*Richard Martin
*Hon. Richard Le Poer Trench
(Viscount Dunlo)
Styled Viscount Dunlo from January 1803
Appointed Commissioner for the Affairs of India
1804, 4 June Dunlo became the 2nd Earl of Clancarty
1805, 8 June +Denis Bowes Daly Tory Appointed Joint Mustermaster General in Ireland
1806, 10 May
1802, 26 July County Kerry
2 members
*Rt Hon. Maurice Fitzgerald
(The 18th Knight of Kerry)
Whig
*James Crosbie Tory
1802, 20 July County Kildare
2 members
Lord Robert Stephen Fitzgerald Whig
Robert La Touche Whig
1802, 22 July Kilkenny Hon. Charles Harward Butler Whig
1802, 19 July County Kilkenny
2 members
*Hon. James Wandesford Butler Whig
*Rt Hon. William Ponsonby Whig Created the 1st Baron Ponsonby
1806, 12 April Hon. George Ponsonby Whig
1802, 22 July King's County
2 members
Thomas Bernard (senior) Tory
*Sir Lawrence Parsons, Bt Appointed a Commissioner of the Treasury
in Ireland
1805, 6 April Tory
1802, 13 July Kinsale +Samuel Campbell Rowley Resigned
1806, 29 April Henry Martin Whig
1802, 24 July County Leitrim
2 members
*Viscount Clements Whig Became the 2nd Earl of Leitrim
Peter La Touche Whig
1805, 5 February Henry John Clements Tory
1802, 16 July Limerick Charles Vereker Tory
1802, 22 July County Limerick
2 members
*William Odell Classified Tory in the 4th Parliament
Charles Silver Oliver
1802, 12 July Lisburn Earl of Yarmouth Tory
1802, 21 July Londonderry +Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, Bt Tory
1802, 21 July County Londonderry
2 members
*Hon. Charles William Stewart Tory
Lord George Thomas Beresford Tory
1802, 16 July County Longford
2 members
*Sir Thomas Fetherston, Bt Classified Tory in the 3rd Parliament
Hon. Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen
1802, 22 July County Louth
2 members
*William Charles Fortescue
*Rt Hon. John Foster Appointed Chancellor and Under-Treasurer of
the Exchequer in Ireland
1804, 6 August Tory
1802, 13 July Mallow Denham Jephson Whig
1802, 22 July County Mayo
2 members
*Rt Hon. Denis Browne Tory
Hon. Henry Augustus Dillon Whig
1802, 23 July County Meath
2 members
*Sir Marcus Somerville, Bt Whig
Thomas Bligh Whig
1802, 23 July County Monaghan
2 members
*Richard Dawson
*Charles Powell Leslie II Tory
1802, 10 July New Ross Charles Tottenham Resigned
1805, 26 July Ponsonby Tottenham
1802, 13 July Newry +Rt Hon. Isaac Corry Whig
1802, 17 July Portarlington +Henry Brooke Parnell Resigned
1802, 30 December Thomas Tyrwhitt Resigned
1806, 15 March John Langston
1802, 23 July Queen's County
2 members
*Hon. William Wellesley-Pole
Sir Eyre Coote Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica
1806, 17 February *Henry Brooke Parnell Appointed a Commissioner of the Treasury
in Ireland
1806, 18 April Whig
1802, 22 July County Roscommon
2 members
*Arthur French Whig
Hon. Edward King Whig
1802, 24 July Sligo *Owen Wynne Tory Resigned
1806, 16 July George Canning Tory Cousin of the MP for Tralee
1802, 23 July County Sligo
2 members
*Joshua Edward Cooper Tory
*Charles O'Hara Whig Appointed a Commissioner of the Treasury
in Ireland
1806, 17 April
1802, 19 July County Tipperary
2 members
*Viscount Mathew a
*John Bagwell (c. 1752-1816)
1802, 24 July Tralee Rt Hon. George Canning Tory Appointed Treasurer of the Navy
1804, 4 June Cousin of the MP for Sligo
1802, 19 July County Tyrone
2 members
*James Stewart
*Rt Hon. John Stewart
1802, 24 July Waterford *William Congreve Alcock Tory Unseated on petition
1803, 7 December Sir John Newport, Bt Whig Declared duly elected on petition. Appointed
Chancellor of the Exchequer in Ireland
1806, 14 March
1802, 21 July County Waterford
2 members
*Rt Hon. John Beresford Tory Also returned for Enniskillen. Died.
+Edward Lee Whig
1806, 6 January +John Claudius Beresford Tory
1802, 16 July County Westmeath
2 members
*William Smyth
*Gustavus Hume-Rochfort Classified Tory in the 5th Parliament
1802, 9 July Wexford Richard Nevill Tory
1802, 19 July County Wexford
2 members
*Viscount Loftus Tory Became the 2nd Marquess of Ely
*Abel Ram Tory
1806, 27 May Caesar Colclough Whig
1802, 22 July County Wicklow
2 members
*William Hoare Hume Whig
*George Ponsonby Whig Appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland
1806, 10 May William Tighe Whig
1802, 13 July Youghal *Sir John Keane, Bt Tory

Supplemental note:

  • a Stooks Smith (vol. III p. 240) states that there was a by-election in 1806, with Hon. Montagu James Mathew (Whig) elected in place of Viscount Mathew who had succeeded as the 2nd Earl Landaff in July. However Stooks Smith is in error: the Return of Members of Parliament (Part II p. 229) shows that no further election was held in the constituency. The History of Parliament 1790–1820 vol. II p. 685 explains that preparations for a county by-election were made in which the new Earl of Llandaff hoped to be succeeded by his brother Montague but was restricted by a Government pledge to support Hon Francis Prittie. When the by-election was overtaken by a dissolution, the Mathew family managed to get both elected by deposing John Bagwell.

References

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  • 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 Historical List of MPs

See also

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