Downpatrick (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

54.324°N 5.703°W / 54.324; -5.703

Downpatrick
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Down
Borough	Downpatrick
1586 (1586) (1586 (1586))–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Downpatrick (UKHC)

Downpatrick was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Downpatrick was not represented.^[1]

Members of Parliament, 1586–1801

• 1613-1615: Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt and Richard West^[2]
• 1634–1635: Edward Kynaston (died 1634) and William Billingsly^[2]
• 1639–1649: Mark Trevor and William Billingsly^[2]
• 1661–1666: Nicholas Ward and Daniel O'Neill^[2]

1689–1801

Election	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
1689	Downpatrick was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692	James Hamilton		Nicholas Price
1695	Sir John Magill, 1st Bt		Francis Annesley[note 1]
1703	Mathew Forde
1705			Isaac Manley
1713			Francis Annesley
1715	Sir Emanuel Moore, 3rd Bt		Thomas Medlycott
1727	Edward Southwell		Cromwell Price
1755	Bowen Southwell
1761	Mathew Forde		Hon. Francis Charles Annesley
1771			Clotworthy Rowley
1776	Hon. Robert Henry Southwell
1783	Hon. Hercules Rowley[note 2]
October 1783	Andrew Caldwell
1790	Jonathan Chetwood
1798	Josias Rowley
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Downpatrick

Notes

1. Expelled in 1703
2. Also elected for County Antrim in 1783, for which he chose to sit.

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
2. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 612.

Bibliography

• O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
• Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.