Lisburn (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

54°30′40″N 6°02′35″W / 54.511°N 6.043°W / 54.511; -6.043

Lisburn
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Antrim
BoroughLisburn
 () ( ())–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byLisburn (UKHC)

Lisburn was a borough constituency which elected two MPs for the borough of Lisburn, County Antrim, to the Irish House of Commons, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland.

Members of Parliament edit

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1661 Sir Edward Dering Sir Edward Smith
1665 Robert Johnston[1]
1692 Randal Brice Edward Harrison
1697 Popham Seymour-Conway
1703 Michael Harrison Richard Nutley
1709 Brent Spencer
1711 Robert Cope Tory
1713 Francis Harrison
1715 Edmond Francis Stafford
1725 Thomas Clutterbuck
1736 Nicholas Price
1743 Robert Maxwell[a]
1743 Edward Smyth
1759 Francis Price
1761 Francis Seymour-Conway, Viscount Beauchamp
1768 Marcus Paterson
1771 Hon. Robert Seymour-Conway
1776 FitzHerbert Richards Richard Jackson[b]
1777 Richard Heron[c]
1783 William Sharman William Todd Jones
1790 George Hatton John Moore
1798 Stewart Bruce
1801 Replaced by Westminster constituency Lisburn
Notes
  1. ^ The Hon. Robert Maxwell from 1756.
  2. ^ Also returned for Coleraine, for which he chose to sit.
  3. ^ From 1778 Sir Richard Heron, Bt.

References edit

  • Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

Citations edit