Hillsborough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Hillsborough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Hillsborough
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1662
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Hillsborough was not represented.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1662–1801

• 1662–1666 Robert Colville and Carrol Bolton [2]

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689		Hillsborough was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692		Sir John Magill			William Shaw
1695		Michael Hill
1703		Thomas Keightley [note 1]			Samuel Waring
1703		William Richardson
1713		Trevor Hill
1715		Arthur Hill
1727		Thomas Carter			Francis Stoyte
1733					William Cooper [note 2]
1761		Arthur Trevor			William Montgomery
1771		Charles Powell Leslie I
1776		Charles Dunbar [note 3]
1777		James Bailie
1788		Robert Johnson
January 1800					Chichester Fortescue
February 1800		William Edmond Reilly
1801		Disenfranchised

Notes

1. Also elected for Kildare County in 1703, for which he chose to sit
2. Created a baronet in 1758
3. Also elected for Blessington in 1776, for which he chose to sit

References

1. O'Hart (2007), p. 501
2. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 612.

Bibliography

• O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
• Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.