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County Antrim (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

Summary

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

Field	Value
name	County Antrim
type	county
county	County Antrim
region	Ireland
seats	2
parliament	ihc
abolished	1801
next	Antrim

County Antrim, Ireland, was represented in the Irish House of Commons by a county constituency of two knights of the shire (or MPs) until the abolition of the Irish Parliament on 1 January 1801. It was enfranchised as a parliamentary constituency at an uncertain date, between the first known meeting of the Parliament in 1264 and the division of the area into baronies in 1584.

The county was represented in the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, under the Instrument of Government, after it was established in 1654 as part of the constituency of Down, Antrim and Armagh (constituency). Following the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 the Parliament of Ireland was re-established and the constituency again returned two Members of Parliament. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, County Antrim was represented with two members.

Under the Acts of Union 1800, it continued to be represented in the Westminster constituency of County Antrim with two MPs in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Boundaries and boundary changes

1264-1800: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis discusses the administrative history of Antrim. It is uncertain when Antrim was made a County and given representation as such in Parliament. Something like the modern arrangements seems to have originated in 1584 when the Lord Deputy Sir John Perrot divided the area into baronies. The parliamentary boroughs of Antrim (from 1666), Belfast (1613), Carrickfergus (1326), Lisburn (1661) and Randalstown (1683) had separate representation.

Members of Parliament

Election	First MP	Second MP
1585	Edward Berkeley
1613	Sir Fulke Conway
1634	Arthur Chichester
1639	Sir Roger Langford
1660	Sir John Clotworthy
1661	Sir John Skeffington, Bt
1665	Sir Toby (or John) Poyntz,
vice Skeffington succeeded as 2nd Viscount Massereene
1689	Cormack O'Neile
1692	Sir Robert Colville
1695	Arthur Upton
1697	Hugh Colville
1703	Clotworthy Skeffington
November 1715	John Skeffington
1715	Sir Arthur Langford, 2nd Bt
1716	Thomas Upton
1725	John Upton
1727	John Skeffington
1741	Arthur Skeffington
1747	Hugh Skeffington
1768	Viscount Dunluce
1776	Hon. Henry Seymour-Conway
1783	John O'Neill
1792	Edward Jones-Agnew
1794	Hugh Boyd
1796	John Staples
1798	Edmund Alexander Macnaghten
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency of County Antrim

;Notes

Elections

References

Bibliography

References

"History of the Irish Parliament". Ulster Historical Foundation.
(1986). "The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820".
Return of Members of Parliament, Part II (1878), p. 605
Clarke, Aidan. "Prelude to Restoration in Ireland: The End of the Commonwealth, 1659–1660".
Johnston-Liik, E. M.. (2006). "MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800". Ulster Historical Foundation.

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