Killyleagh (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained

54.401°N -5.649°W

Killyleagh
Type:	borough
Borough:	Killyleagh
County:	County Down
Region:	Ireland
Parliament:	ihc
Abolished:	1801
Seats:	2
Next:	Disfranchised

Killyleagh was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It was named for the village of Killyleagh.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Killyleagh was represented with two members.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

1613–1615 Sir Edward Trevor and John Hamilton^[1]
1634–1635 Paul Reynolds and John Hamilton^[2]
1639–1649 Paul Reynolds and George Nettleton^[2]
1661–1666 Colyn Maxwell and John Swadlyn^[2]

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament					Tool O'Neile
1692						<	-- party -->
1695		Hans Hamilton				<
1703						<	-- party -->
1713		James Stevenson
1715			<				-- party -->
1725			<			<	-- party -->
1727
1739
1761		Bernard Ward^[3]				<	-- party -->
1761						<
1768			<	-- party -->		Sir Archibald Acheson, 6th Bt^[4]
1769			<			<	-- party -->
1774		Hon. Pierce Butler				<
1776			<	-- party -->		Robert Blackwood
1788			<		James Stevenson Blackwood^[5]	<	-- party -->
1790
1798		Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Bt
1799		Hans Blackwood
1800		Daniel Mussenden
1801		Disenfranchised

Notes

Bibliography

Book: O'Hart, John . The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland . Heritage Books . II . 978-0-7884-1927-0 . 2007 .

Notes and References

Web site: A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641. Brid. McGrath. October 24, 1998. 2262/77206. www.tara.tcd.ie.
Book: Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. 613.
Also elected for County Down in 1761, for which he chose to sit
Also elected for County Armagh in 1768, for which he chose to sit
Succeeded as 3rd Baronet in 1799