| Armagh | |
| Type: | borough |
| Borough: | Armagh |
| Region: | Ireland |
| County: | County Armagh |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1801 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Seats: | 1 |
| Previous: | Armagh (IHC) |
| Next: | Mid Armagh |
Armagh was an Irish constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.
The parliamentary borough of Armagh in County Armagh was one of 33 Irish boroughs which were retained under the Acts of Union 1800.[1] It was the successor to the two-seat constituency of Armagh in the Irish House of Commons.[2] Its one MP in 1801 was chosen by lot to sit in the First Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Under the Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832, it was defined as:[3]
The constituency was disenfranchised under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, which took effect at the 1885 general election.[4] The borough of Armagh, as part of the barony of Armagh, became part of the county division of Mid Armagh.[5]
| Election | Member | Party | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 (co-option) | Patrick Duigenan | ||||
| 1801 (b) | Duigenan appointed commissioner of compensation | ||||
| 1802 | |||||
| 1806 | |||||
| 1807 | |||||
| 1812 | |||||
| 1816 (b) | Daniel Webb Webber | Death of Duigenan | |||
| 1818 | John Leslie Foster | Also returned for Lisburn | |||
| 1820 | William Stuart | ||||
| 1826 | Rt Hon. Henry Goulburn | [6] | |||
| 1828 (b) | Goulburn appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer | ||||
| 1830 | |||||
| 1831 | Viscount Ingestre | ||||
| 1831 (b) | Sir John Brydges | Ingestre resigned to contest Dublin | |||
| 1832 | Leonard Dobbin | ||||
| 1835 | |||||
| 1837 | William Curry | [7] | |||
| 1840 (b) | John Rawdon | [8] [9] | Curry appointed Master in Chancery | ||
| 1841 | |||||
| 1847 | |||||
| 1852 | Ross Stephenson Moore | [10] | |||
| 1855 (b) | Joshua Bond | Death of Moore | |||
| 1857 | Stearne Miller | ||||
| 1859 | Joshua Bond | ||||
| 1865 | Stearne Miller | ||||
| 1867 (b) | John Vance | Miller appointed judge in bankruptcy | |||
| 1868 | |||||
| 1874 | |||||
| 1875 (b) | George Beresford | Death of Vance | |||
| 1880 | |||||
| 1885 | Area became part of Mid Armagh | ||||
Chetwynd-Talbot resigned to contest a by-election at, causing a by-election.
Curry resigned after being appointed a Master in Chancery, causing a by-election.
Moore's death caused a by-election.
Miller was appointed a judge in bankruptcy, causing a by-election.
Vance died, causing a by-election.