Peter Kirk (MP for Carrickfergus) explained

Peter Kirk
Office:	Member of Parliament for
Term Start:	10 January 1835
Term End:	3 August 1847
Predecessor:	Conway Richard Dobbs
Successor:	Wellington Stapleton-Cotton
Birth Date:	1800
Nationality:	Irish
Party:	Conservative

Peter Kirk (1800 – 1 November 1856)^[1] was an Irish Conservative Party politician.^{[2] [3]}

Kirk was elected Conservative MP for at the 1835 general election and held the seat until 1847, when he stepped down.^{[2] [3] [4]}

He was a member of the Carlton Club.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "C" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 19 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180918194528/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons3.htm. 18 September 2018 . usurped . 30 December 2017 .
2. Book: Stooks Smith . Henry . The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830 . 1842 . Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. . London . 217–218 . . 19 August 2019.
3. Web site: Peter Kirk . Members of Parliament after 1832 . The History of Parliament . 19 August 2019.
4. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 0901714127.