Newry (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained

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Newry
Type:	borough
Borough:	Newry
County:	County Armagh and County Down
Region:	Ireland
Seats:	2
Parliament:	ihc
Abolished:	1801
Next:	Newry (UKHC)

Newry was a borough constituency of the town of Newry in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. After the Acts of Union 1800, the town was represented by one MP in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Members of Parliament

1613–1615 Arthur Bassett and John Leigh^[1]
1634–1645 Arthur Terringham (Tyringham) and Robert Loftus^[1]
1639–1642 Sir Toby Poyntz^[2] and William Reading (both resigned and replaced 1641 by Thomas Stanihurst (expelled 1642)^[1]
1661–1666 Trevor Lloyd and Nicholas Bayly^[3]

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689					Rowland Savage
1692			<	-- party -->		Sir John Trevor^[4]
1695			<			<	-- party -->
1703
1705			<				-- party -->
1707			<			<	-- party -->
1715
1723
1727			<	-- party -->		Robert Ross
1751			<			<	-- party -->
1753						<
1761						<	-- party -->
1767			<			<	-- party -->
1768
1774
1776		Robert Ross				<	-- party -->
1799						<
1801		Succeeded by Westminster constituency Newry

Notes and References

A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641. 1998. Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. thesis. McGrath. Brid.
Book: Genealogist, Volume 2. 31.
Book: Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. 612.
Expelled Dec. 1695