County Kilkenny (UK Parliament constituency)
| Kilkenny County | |
|---|---|
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1801–1885 | |
| Number of members | two |
| Replaced by |
North Kilkenny South Kilkenny |
County Kilkenny parliamentary constituency was former UK Parliament County constituency in County Kilkenny in Ireland. The County constituency returned two Members of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from 1801 until 1885.
County Kilkenny constituency was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Acts of Union 1800 by Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801, and remained in existence until its abolition in 1885 when it was replaced by North Kilkenny and South Kilkenny.
County Kilkenny constituency was made up of the traditional county except for the borough constituency of Kilkenny City for Kilkenny.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Kilkenny, except for the Parliamentary borough of Kilkenny City.
Members of Parliament
| Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801, 1 January | William Ponsonby, later Baron Ponsonby | Whig | James Butler, later Marquess of Ormonde | |||
| 1806, 12 April | George Ponsonby | |||||
| 1806, 21 November | Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby | |||||
| 1820, 11 September | Charles Harwood Butler Clarke | |||||
| 1826, 22 June | John Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon, later Earl of Bessborough | |||||
| 1830, 12 August | John Butler, Earl of Ossory, later Marquess of Ormonde | |||||
| 1832, 20 December | Pierce Butler | William Francis Finn | ||||
| 1837, 12 August | George Bryan | |||||
| 1843, 1 December | Pierce Somerset Butler | |||||
| 1846, 29 July | Richard Smithwicke | |||||
| 1847, 18 August | John Greene | |||||
| 1852, 26 July | William Shee | |||||
| 1857, 13 April | Leopold Agar-Ellis, later Viscount Clifden | |||||
| 1865, 24 July | George Leopold Bryan | |||||
| 1874, 10 February | Patrick Martin | |||||
| 1880, 15 April | Edward Purcell Mulhallen Marum | |||||
| 1885 | Constituency abolished: see North Kilkenny and South Kilkenny | |||||
Elections
References
- The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd 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 – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2 )