| County Cavan | |
| Type: | county |
| Region: | Ireland |
| County: | County Cavan |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1801 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Seats: | 2 |
| Previous: | County Cavan |
| Next: | East Cavan and West Cavan |
County Cavan 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 of Great Britain and Ireland.
This constituency comprised the whole of County Cavan.
From 1801 to 1885 County Cavan was one constituency with two Members of Parliament, who both represented the whole of the county.
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | Francis Saunderson | Whig | Nathaniel Sneyd | Tory | ||||
| 1802 | ||||||||
| 1806 | John Maxwell-Barry | Tory | ||||||
| 1807 | ||||||||
| 1812 | ||||||||
| 1818 | ||||||||
| 1820 | ||||||||
| 1824 | Henry Maxwell | Tory[1] | ||||||
| 1826 | Alexander Saunderson | Whig[2] | ||||||
| 1830 | ||||||||
| 1831 | Sir John Young, Bt. | Tory | ||||||
| 1832 | ||||||||
| 1835 | Conservative | Conservative | ||||||
| 1837 | ||||||||
| 1839 | Somerset Maxwell | Conservative | ||||||
| 1840 | Henry John Clements | Conservative | ||||||
| 1841 | ||||||||
| 1841 | ||||||||
| 1843 | James Maxwell | Conservative | ||||||
| 1847 | Peelite | |||||||
| 1852 | ||||||||
| 1853 | Peelite | |||||||
| 1855 | Robert Burrowes | Conservative | ||||||
| 1857 | Hugh Annesley | Conservative | ||||||
| 1859 | ||||||||
| 1865 | Edward James Saunderson | Palmerstonian Liberal | ||||||
| 1869 | Conservative | |||||||
| 1874 | Charles Joseph Fay | Home Rule League | Joseph Biggar | Home Rule League | ||||
| 1880 | ||||||||
| 1885 | constituency abolished: see Cavan East and Cavan West | |||||||
John Maxwell-Barry succeeded as 5th Baron Farnham, causing a by-election.
Henry Maxwell succeeded to the peerage, becoming 7th Baron Farnham and causing a by-election.
Somerset Maxwell resigned, causing a by-election.
John Young was appointed a Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Henry John Clements's death caused a by-election.
John Young was appointed Chief Secretary of Ireland, requiring a by-election.
John Young resigned after being appointed Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands, causing a by-election.