Enniskillen | |
Type: | borough |
Borough: | Enniskillen |
Region: | Ireland |
County: | County Fermanagh |
Parliament: | uk |
Year: | 1801 |
Abolished: | 1885 |
Seats: | 1 |
Previous: | Enniskillen |
Next: | North Fermanagh |
Enniskillen was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland (now in Northern Ireland, which remains part of the United Kingdom), returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.
This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Enniskillen in County Fermanagh.
Election | Member | Party | Note | ||
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1801, January 1 | Hon. Arthur Cole Hamilton | Tory | 1801: Co-opted | ||
1802, July 31 | Rt Hon. John Beresford | Tory | Also returned by and elected to sit for County Waterford | ||
1802, December 24 | William Burroughs | Tory | Appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court in Bengal | ||
1806, March 14 | John King | Tory | Resigned | ||
1806, July 3 | William Fremantle | Tory | |||
1806, November 20 | Nathaniel Sneyd | Tory | Also returned by and elected to sit for Cavan | ||
1807, January 14 | Richard Henry Alexander Bennet | Tory | |||
1807, May 14 | Charles Pochin | Tory | |||
1812, October 26 | Richard Magenis | Tory[1] | Resigned | ||
1828, February 11 | Hon. Arthur Henry Cole | Tory[2] | Re-elected as a Conservative candidate | ||
1834, December | Conservative | Resigned | |||
1844, June 18 | Hon. Henry Cole | Conservative | Resigned | ||
1851, April 12 | James Whiteside | Conservative | Resigned to contest Dublin University | ||
1859, February 21 | Hon. John Lowry Cole | Conservative | |||
1868, November 18 | Viscount Crichton | Conservative | |||
1880, April 2 | Viscount Cole | Conservative | Last MP for the constituency | ||
1885 | Constituency abolished |
Cole resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Cole resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Whiteside was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.
Whiteside was appointed Attorney-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.
In order to contest the 1859 by-election in the Dublin University, Whiteside resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Hempholme, causing a by-election.
Crichton was appointed a lord of the Treasury, causing a by-election.