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Wicklow (UK Parliament constituency)

UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885

Summary

UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885

Field	Value
name	County Wicklow
type	county
region	Ireland
county	County Wicklow
parliament	uk
year	1801
abolished	1885
sests	2
previous	County Wicklow (IHC)
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County Wicklow was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

At the 1885 general election, under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, County Wicklow was divided into two parliamentary divisions: East Wicklow and West Wicklow.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Wicklow.

Members of Parliament

Year	1st Member	1st Party	2nd Member	2nd Party
1801		William Hoare Hume
Jan 1801	Whig Party (UK)}}"		George Ponsonby	Whig
1806		William Tighe
Feb 1816	Whigs (British political party)}}"		Hon. Granville Proby	Whig
Apr 1816	Whig Party (UK)}}"		George Ponsonby	Whig
Aug 1817		William Parnell-Hayes
1821	Whigs (British political party)}}"		James Grattan	Whig
Jul 1829	Whigs (British political party)}}"		Sir Ralph Howard, Bt	Whig
1841	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		William Acton	Conservative
1847	Whigs (British political party)}}"		Viscount Milton	Whig
Apr 1848	Whigs (British political party)}}"		Sir Ralph Howard, Bt	Whig
1852	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		William Wentworth FitzWilliam Dick	Conservative
Feb 1858	Whigs (British political party)}}"		Lord Proby	Whig
1859	Liberal Party (UK)}}"		Liberal
Nov 1868	Liberal Party (UK)}}"		Hon. Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam	Liberal
1874	Home Rule League}}"		William Richard O'Byrne	Home Rule League
1880	Home Rule League}}"		William Joseph Corbet	Parnellite Home Rule League}}	Home Rule League}}"
1881	Independent (politician)}}"		Independent
1885	Constituency divided: see East Wicklow and West Wicklow

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

|reg. electors = 785

|reg. electors = 1,566

|reg. electors = 1,679

|reg. electors = 1,900

Elections in the 1840s

|reg. electors = 1,530

|reg. electors = 1,836

Acton resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 1,386 (1847 figure)

Elections in the 1850s

|reg. electors = 3,330

|reg. electors = 3,358

Wentworth-FitzWilliam succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th Earl FitzWilliam, causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 3,368

Proby was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.

|reg. electors = 3,368

Elections in the 1860s

|reg. electors = 3,537

|reg. electors = 3,613

Elections in the 1870s

|reg. electors = 3,579

Elections in the 1880s

|reg. electors = 3,312

References

The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)

References

"PROBY, Hon. Granville Leveson (1782-1868).".
(1842). "The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections". Simpkin, Marshall & Company.
(1838). "The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838".
(26 April 1848). "Ireland". Morning Chronicle.
(28 July 1847). "Wicklow". Shipping and Mercantile Gazette.
(11 August 1847). "Irish Elections". Cork Examiner.
(10 August 1847). "The Irish Elections". Globe.
(1847). "Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 15". [[Dod's Parliamentary Companion]].
(27 February 1858). "Cork Constitution".
"Co. Wicklow".
(1843). "Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, Volume 50".
(6 April 1857). "County of Wicklow". Dublin Evening Mail.
(1978). "Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922". Royal Irish Academy.

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