Lisburn | |
Type: | borough |
Borough: | Lisburn |
Region: | Ireland |
County: | County Antrim |
Parliament: | uk |
Year: | 1801 |
Abolished: | 1885 |
Seats: | 1 |
Previous: | Lisburn (IHC) |
Next: | South Antrim |
Lisburn was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, 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 Lisburn in County Antrim.
Election | Member | Party | Note | ||
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1 January 1801 | George Hatton | Tory | 1801: Co-opted | ||
12 July 1802 | Earl of Yarmouth | Tory | |||
20 October 1812 | Lord Henry Moore | Tory | |||
29 June 1818 | John Leslie Foster | Tory | Also returned by and elected to sit for Armagh City | ||
22 February 1819 | Horace Seymour | Tory | |||
16 June 1826 | Henry Meynell | Tory[1] | |||
18 December 1834 | Conservative | ||||
5 August 1847 | Horace Seymour | Peelite[2] [3] | Died 23 November 1851 | ||
5 January 1852 | Sir James Emerson Tennent | Conservative[4] [5] | Resigned | ||
Roger Johnson Smyth | Peelite[6] [7] | Died 19 September 1853 | |||
14 October 1853 | Jonathan Joseph Richardson | Radical[8] [9] | Did not seek re-election | ||
2 April 1857 | Jonathan Richardson | Whig[10] [11] [12] | |||
28 April 1859 | Conservative | Resigned | |||
23 February 1863 | John Dougherty Barbour | Liberal | Unseated on petition - new writ issued | ||
23 June 1863 | Edward Wingfield Verner | Conservative | Resigned | ||
19 February 1873 | Sir Richard Wallace, Bt | Conservative | Last MP for the constituency | ||
1885 | Constituency abolished |
Meynell was appointed a Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria, requiring a by-election.
Seymour's death caused a by-election.
Tennent resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead, causing a by-election.
Smyth's death caused a by-election.
Richardson resigned, causing a by-election.
On petition, Barbour was unseated due to his and his agent's bribery and treating,[13] causing a by-election.
Verner's resignation to contest a by-election in Armagh caused a by-election.