County Kilkenny (UK Parliament constituency) explained
County Kilkenny was a former UK Parliament county constituency in County Kilkenny in Ireland. The County constituency returned two Members of Parliaments (MPs) 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.
Boundaries
County Kilkenny constituency was made up of the traditional county except for the borough constituency of Kilkenny City for Kilkenny.
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 |
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| 1801, 1 January | | William Ponsonby, later Baron Ponsonby | Whig | | James Butler, later Marquess of Ormonde < | -- 15 Jul 1774 to 18 May 1838 --> | < | -- party --> |
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| 1806, 12 April | | | |
| 1806, 21 November | | Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby < | -- 6 Jul 1783 to 11 Jan 1837 --> | < | -- party --> |
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| 1820, 11 September | | Charles Clarke < | -- 9 Nov 1780 to 7 Nov 1860 --> | Whig |
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| 1826, 22 June | | John Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon, later Earl of Bessborough < | -- 31 Aug 1781 to 16 May 1847 --> | Whig[1] |
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| 1830, 12 August | | John Butler, Earl of Ossory, later Marquess of Ormonde | Whig |
| 1832, 20 December | | Pierce Butler < | -- 1774 to 1846 --> | Repeal Association | | William Francis Finn | Repeal Association |
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| 1837, 12 August | | | Whig |
| 1843, 1 December | | Pierce Somerset Butler < | -- 1801 to 28 Jul 1865 --> | Repeal Association[2] |
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| 1846, 29 July | | | Repeal Association |
| 1847, 18 August | | John Greene < | -- died 16 Jun 1883 --> | Repeal Association[3] |
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| 1852, 26 July | | Ind. Irish[4] [5] | | | Ind. Irish |
| 1857, 13 April | | Leopold Agar-Ellis < | -- 13 May 1829 to 10 Sep 1899 --> | Whig[6] |
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| 1859, 20 May | | Liberal | | Liberal |
| 1865, 24 July | | George Leopold Bryan < | -- 1828 to 29 Jun 1880 --> | Liberal |
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| 1874, 10 February | | Home Rule League | | Patrick Martin < | -- 1830 to 29 Oct 1895 --> | Home Rule League |
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| 1880, 15 April | | | Parnellite Home Rule League}} |
| 1885 | Constituency abolished: see North Kilkenny and South Kilkenny | |
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Ponsonby was appointed as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
Bryan's death caused a by-election.
Pierce Butler's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s
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)
- Book: Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. B.M.. Walker. Royal Irish Academy. 1978. Dublin. 0901714127.
Notes and References
- Book: Smith. Henry Stooks. The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections. 1842. Simpkin, Marshall & Company. 230. Second. 2 October 2018 . .
- News: Kilkenny Co. Election . 2 October 2018 . Cork Examiner . 19 July 1847 . 1 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- News: Repeal Association . 2 October 2018 . Dublin Evening Post . 31 August 1847 . 4 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- News: The General Election . 2 October 2018 . Staffordshire Advertiser . 31 July 1852 . 3 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- News: The County Election . 2 October 2018 . Kilkenny Journal, and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser . 28 March 1857 . 2 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- News: The County Election . 2 October 2018 . Kilkenny Journal, and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser . 21 March 1857 . 2 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
