Fermanagh (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 54°27′04″N 7°42′47″W / 54.451°N 7.713°W

Fermanagh
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Replaced by	North Fermanagh and South Fermanagh

Fermanagh was a UK Parliament constituency in Northern Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Fermanagh, except for the Borough of Enniskillen.

Members of Parliament

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party	Note
1801, January 1		Mervyn Archdall	Tory		Viscount Cole		1801: Co-opted
1802, July 19		Mervyn Archdall	Tory
1803, June 27					Hon. Lowry Cole[1]		Viscount Cole entered the House of Lords as Baron Grinstead.
1823, March 8					Viscount Corry	Tory	Cole appointed Governor of Mauritius.
1831, May 16					Viscount Cole	Conservative
1834, June 27		Mervyn Edward Archdale					Archdall resigned.
1840, 30 April					Sir Arthur Brinsley Brooke		Viscount Cole entered the House of Lords as Baron Grinstead.
1854, 29 December					Hon. Henry Arthur Cole	Conservative	Death of Brooke.
1874, 16 February		William Humphrys Archdale
1880, April 13					Viscount Crichton	Conservative	Last MPs for the constituency
1885	Constituency abolished

Elections

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References

1. Knighted in 1813.

• 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)
• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"