Meath (UK Parliament constituency)
| Meath | |
|---|---|
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1801–1885 | |
| Number of members | Two |
| Replaced by | North Meath and South Meath |
Meath was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1801 to 1885 returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Meath.
Members of Parliament
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | Hamilton Gorges | Sir Marcus Somerville, 4th Baronet | ||||
| 1802 | Thomas Cherburgh Bligh | |||||
| 1812 | Thomas Taylour,Earl of Bective (later Marquess of Headfort) | |||||
| Feb 1830 | Arthur Plunkett, Baron Killeen, later Earl of Fingall | |||||
| Aug 1831 | Henry Grattan | |||||
| 1832 | Morgan O'Connell | Repealer | Repealer | |||
| 1835 | Liberal Repealer | Liberal Repealer | ||||
| Feb 1840 | Matthew Elias Corbally | Liberal | ||||
| 1841 | Daniel O'Connell[1] | Repealer | Repealer | |||
| Jun 1842 | Matthew Elias Corbally | Liberal | ||||
| 1852 | Frederick Lucas | Liberal | ||||
| 1855 | Edward McEvoy | Irish Independent | ||||
| 1857 | Irish Independent | |||||
| 1871 | John Martin | Home Rule League | ||||
| 1874 | Nicholas Ennis | Home Rule League | ||||
| 1875 | Charles Stewart Parnell[2] | Home Rule League | ||||
| Apr 1880 | Robert Henry Metge | Home Rule League | ||||
| May 1880 | Alexander Martin Sullivan | Home Rule League | ||||
| Feb 1882 | Michael Davitt[3] | Home Rule League | ||||
| Apr 1882 | Edward Sheil | Home Rule League | ||||
| Feb 1884 | William Meagher | Home Rule League | ||||
| 1885 | Constituency divided: see South Meath and North Meath | |||||
Elections
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Notes
- ↑ O'Connell was also returned for County Cork and chose to sit for Cork
- ↑ At the 1880 general election, Parnell was also returned for both Mayo and Cork City. He chose to sit for Cork
- ↑ As a convicted felon, Davitt was held to be incapable of taking his seat. A by-election was held in April 1882
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 "M" (part 2)
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