Members of the 2nd UK Parliament from Ireland

1st Parliament	(1801)
2nd Parliament	(1802)
3rd Parliament	(1806)

This is a list of the MPs for Irish constituencies, who were elected at the United Kingdom general election, 1802, to serve as Members of the 2nd UK Parliament from Ireland, or who were elected at subsequent by-elections. There were 100 seats representing Ireland in this Parliament.

This was the first United Kingdom general election, as the House of Commons of the 1st Parliament of the United was chosen from the members of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland and not by a popular election.

The 2nd United Kingdom Parliament was elected between 5 July 1802 and 28 August 1802, as at this period the exact date for the election in each constituency was fixed by the Returning Officer. The Parliament first assembled on 31 August 1802, for a maximum duration of seven years from that date. It was dissolved on 24 October 1806 (a length of four years, one month and twenty four days).

Summary of Results by Party (Ireland only)

The names of and votes for candidates at elections are based on Walker. Party labels are based on those used by Stooks Smith and may differ from those in other sources. Many early nineteenth century Irish MPs are not classified by party, by Stooks Smith.

In some cases, when a party label is used for the MP by Stooks Smith in a subsequent Parliament, this is noted in the Members list below.

At the dissolution of the 1st Parliament, the MPs by party (calculated as above), were

Other (unclassified) 50, Tory 34, Whig 16: Total 100.

Party		Candidates	Unopposed	Votes	%	Seats Election	Seats Dissolution
	Tory	45	37	5,703	37.03	43	43
	Whig	33	21	6,274	40.73	28	31
	Other	35	25	3,425	22.24	29	26
	Total	113	83	15,402	100.0	100	100

Note: Two Tory candidate contested and won two constituencies. Each candidacy is counted separately in the table.

General Election Results by Constituency

Constituency		Votes Tory	Votes Whig	Votes Other		Result
	County Antrim 2 members	Unopp.	-	-	-	T gain from O ^1
		Unopp.	-	-	-	T gain from O
	Armagh	Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold ^1
	County Armagh 2 members	Unopp.	-	-	-	T gain from O ^1
		-	Unopp.	-	-	W gain from O
	Athlone	-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold ^1
	Bandon	-	Unopp.	-	-	W hold ^1
	Belfast	Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold ^1
	Carlow	Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold ^1
	County Carlow 2 members	-	524	437	-	W gain from O
		-	479	426	-	W gain from O
	Carrickfergus	381	270	-	-	T gain from O
	Cashel	-	Unopp.	-	-	W gain from O
	County Cavan 2 members	-	Unopp.	-	-	W hold ^1
		Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold ^1
	County Clare 2 members	-	-	880	-	O hold ^1
		-	-	535	499	O hold
	Clonmel	Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold ^1
	Coleraine	Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold ^1
	Cork 2 members	Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold ^1
		-	Unopp.	-	-	W hold ^1
	County Cork 2 members	-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold ^1
		-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold ^1
	County Donegal 2 members	Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold ^1
		Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold
	County Down 2 members	Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold ^1
		-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold ^1
	Downpatrick	-	-	96	87	O hold
	Drogheda	-	-	213	208	O hold ^1
	Dublin 2 members	1,965	642	-	-	T hold ^1
		1,281	1,673	-	-	W gain from T
	County Dublin 2 members	708	-	-	-	T hold ^1
		469	263	-	-	T hold ^1
	Dublin University	39	29	-	-	T hold ^1
	Dundalk	Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold
	Dungannon	Unopp.	-	-	-	T gain from O
	Dungarvan	-	Unopp.	-	-	W hold
	Ennis	Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold
	Enniskillen	Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold
	County Fermanagh 2 members	Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold ^1
		Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold
	Galway	Unopp.	-	-	-	T gain from W
	County Galway 2 members	-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold ^1
		-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold ^1
	County Kerry 2 members	-	Unopp.	-	-	W hold ^1
		Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold ^1
	County Kildare 2 members	-	Unopp.	-	-	W gain from O
		-	Unopp.	-	-	W hold
	Kilkenny	-	Unopp.	-	-	W gain from O
	County Kilkenny 2 members	-	Unopp.	-	-	W hold ^1
		-	Unopp.	-	-	W hold ^1
	King's County 2 members	Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold
		-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold ^1
	Kinsale	-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold
	County Leitrim 2 members	-	779	-	-	W hold ^1
		389	668	-	-	W gain from T
	Limerick	Unopp.	-	-	-	T gain from O
	County Limerick 2 members	-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold ^1
		-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold
	Lisburn	Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold
	Londonderry	Unopp.	-	-	-	T gain from O
	County Londonderry 2 members	Unopp	-	-	-	T hold ^1
		Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold
	County Longford 2 members	-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold ^1
		-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold
	County Louth 2 members	-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold ^1
		-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold ^1
	Mallow	-	Unopp.	-	-	W gain from O
	County Mayo 2 members	Unopp.	-	-	-	T gain from O ^1
		-	Unopp.	-	-	W gain from O
	County Meath 2 members	-	326	-	-	W gain from O ^1
		-	181	44	-	W gain from O
	County Monaghan 2 members	-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold ^1
		Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold ^1
	New Ross	-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold
	Newry	-	Unopp.	-	-	W gain from O
	Portarlington	-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold
	Queen's County 2 members	-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold ^1
		-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold
	County Roscommon 2 members	-	Unopp.	-	-	W hold ^1
		-	Unopp.	-	-	W hold
	Sligo	Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold ^1
	County Sligo 2 members	Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold ^1
		-	Unopp.	-	-	W hold ^1
	County Tipperary 2 members	-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold ^1
		-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold ^1
	Tralee	Unopp.	-	-	-	T gain from O
	County Tyrone 2 members	-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold ^1
		-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold ^1
	Waterford	471	440	-	-	T hold ^1
	County Waterford 2 members	Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold ^1
		-	Unopp.	-	-	W hold
	County Westmeath 2 members	-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold ^1
		-	-	Unopp.	-	O hold ^1
	Wexford	Unopp.	-	-	-	T gain from O
	County Wexford 2 members	Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold ^1
		Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold
	County Wicklow 2 members	-	Unopp	-	-	W hold ^1
		-	Unopp.	-	-	W hold ^1
	Youghal	Unopp.	-	-	-	T hold ^1
Constituency		Votes Tory	Votes Whig	Votes Other		Result

Note:-

• ¹ Incumbent re-elected

Members by constituency

The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency. The County prefixes used for county constituencies is disregarded in determining alphabetical order, but the county follows any borough or city constituency with the same name.

The name of an MP who served during the Parliament, but who was not the holder of a seat at the dissolution in 1806, is given in italics. When the date of the election is in italics, this indicates a by-election.

A member of the 1st Parliament, for the same constituency, is indicated by an * before the MPs name. A member of the 1st Parliament, for a different constituency in Ireland, is indicated by a + before the MPs name.

Election		Constituency	Member	Party	Notes
	1802, July 19	County Antrim 2 members	*Edmond Alexander MacNaghten	Tory
			Hon. John Bruce Richard O'Neill	Tory
	1802, July 9	Armagh	*Patrick Duigenan	Tory
	1802, July 17	County Armagh 2 members	*Hon. Archibald Acheson (Viscount Acheson)	Tory	Styled Viscount Acheson from February 1806
			Hon. Henry Caulfeild	Whig
	1802, July 26	Athlone	*William Handcock		Resigned
	1803, August 22		Thomas Tyrwitt Jones
	1802, July 13	Bandon	*Sir Broderick Chinnery, Bt	Whig
	1802, July 12	Belfast	*James Edward May	Tory
	1802, July 24	Carlow	*Charles Montague Ormsby	Tory	Appointed Recorder of Prince of Wales Island (Penang)
	1806, June 9		Michael Symes
	1802, July 26	County Carlow 2 members	David Latouche	Whig
			Walter Bagenal	Whig
	1802, July 30	Carrickfergus	Lord Spencer Stanley Chichester	Tory
	1802, July 27	Cashel	Rt Hon. William Wickham	Whig	Appointed a Commissioner of the Treasury
	1806, February 27
	1802, July 16	County Cavan 2 members	*Francis Saunderson	Whig	Possibly Tory (see constituency article)
			*Nathaniel Sneyd	Tory
	1802, July 24	County Clare 2 members	*Hon. Francis Nathaniel Burton
			Sir Edward O'Brien, Bt
	1802, July 19	Clonmel	*Rt Hon. William Bagwell	Tory
	1802, July 26	Coleraine	*Walter Jones	Tory
	1802, July 16	Cork 2 members	*Mountifort Longfield	Tory
			*Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	Whig
	1802, July 15	County Cork 2 members	*Viscount Boyle		Classified Whig in the 3rd Parliament
			*Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald
	1802, July 28	County Donegal 2 members	*Viscount Sudley	Tory
			Sir James Stewart, Bt	Tory
	1802, July 24	County Down 2 members	*Viscount Castlereagh	Tory	Appointed Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
			*Francis Savage
	1805, July 27		Hon. John Meade
	1802, July 17	Downpatrick	Charles Stewart Hawthorne
	1802, July 27	Drogheda	*Edward Hardman
	1802, July 21	Dublin 2 members	*John Claudius Beresford	Tory	Resigned
			John La Touche	Whig
	1804, March 31		Robert Shaw	Tory
	1802, July 14	County Dublin 2 members	*Hans Hamilton	Tory
			*Frederick John Falkiner	Tory
	1802, July 14	Dublin University	*Hon. George Knox	Tory	Also returned for Dungannon. Appointed a Commissioner of the Treasury in Ireland
	1805, March 28
	1802, July 15	Dundalk	Richard Archdall	Tory
	1802, July 12	Dungannon	+Hon. George Knox	Tory	Elects to sit for Dublin University
	1803, June 9		*Sir Charles Hamilton, Bt	Tory
	1802, July 17	Dungarvan	William Greene	Whig
	1802, July 22	Ennis	Rt Hon. James Fitzgerald	Tory
	1802, July 31	Enniskillen	+Rt Hon. John Beresford	Tory	Elects to sit for County Waterford
	1802, December 24		William Burroughs	Tory	Appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court in Bengal
	1806, March 14		John King	Tory	Resigned
	1806, July 3		William Henry Fremantle	Tory
	1802, July 19	County Fermanagh 2 members	*Viscount Cole	Tory	Cole becomes the 2nd Earl of Enniskillen
			Mervyn Archdall (junior)	Tory
	1803, June 27		Hon. Galbraith Lowry Cole	Tory
	1802, July 15	Galway	+Denis Bowes Daly	Tory	Resigned to contest County Galway
	1805, June 29		James Daly	Tory
	1802, July 22	County Galway 2 members	*Richard Martin
			*Hon. Richard Le Poer Trench (Viscount Dunlo)		Styled Viscount Dunlo from January 1803 Appointed Commissioner for the Affairs of India
	1804, June 4				Dunlo became the 2nd Earl of Clancarty
	1805, June 8		+Denis Bowes Daly	Tory	Appointed Joint Mustermaster General in Ireland
	1806, May 10
	1802, July 26	County Kerry 2 members	*Rt Hon. Maurice Fitzgerald (The 18th Knight of Kerry)	Whig
			*James Crosbie	Tory
	1802, July 20	County Kildare 2 members	Lord Robert Stephen Fitzgerald	Whig
			Robert La Touche	Whig
	1802, July 22	Kilkenny	Hon. Charles Harward Butler	Whig
	1802, July 19	County Kilkenny 2 members	*Hon. James Wandesford Butler	Whig
			*Rt Hon. William Brabazon Ponsonby	Whig	Created the 1st Baron Ponsonby
	1806, April 12		Hon. George Ponsonby	Whig
	1802, July 22	King's County 2 members	Thomas Bernard (senior)	Tory
			*Sir Lawrence Parsons, Bt		Appointed a Commissioner of the Treasury in Ireland
	1805, April 6			Tory
	1802, July 13	Kinsale	+Samuel Campbell Rowley		Resigned
	1806, April 29		Henry Martin	Whig
	1802, July 24	County Leitrim 2 members	*Viscount Clements	Whig	Became the 2nd Earl of Leitrim
			Peter La Touche	Whig
	1805, February 5		Henry John Clements	Tory
	1802, July 16	Limerick	Charles Vereker	Tory
	1802, July 22	County Limerick 2 members	*William Odell		Classified Tory in the 4th Parliament
			Charles Silver Oliver
	1802, July 12	Lisburn	Earl of Yarmouth	Tory
	1802, July 21	Londonderry	+Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, Bt	Tory
	1802, July 21	County Londonderry 2 members	*Hon. Charles William Stewart	Tory
			Lord George Thomas Beresford	Tory
	1802, July 16	County Longford 2 members	*Sir Thomas Fetherston, Bt		Classified Tory in the 3rd Parliament
			Hon. Thomas Glendowe Newcomen
	1802, July 22	County Louth 2 members	*William Charles Fortescue
			*Rt Hon. John Foster		Appointed Chancellor and Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer in Ireland
	1804, August 6			Tory
	1802, July 13	Mallow	Denham Jephson	Whig
	1802, July 22	County Mayo 2 members	*Rt Hon. Denis Browne	Tory
			Hon. Henry Augustus Dillon	Whig
	1802, July 23	County Meath 2 members	*Sir Marcus Somerville, Bt	Whig
			Thomas Bligh	Whig
	1802, July 23	County Monaghan 2 members	*Richard Dawson
			*Charles Powell Leslie II	Tory
	1802, July 10	New Ross	Charles Tottenham		Resigned
	1805, July 26		Ponsonby Tottenham
	1802, July 13	Newry	+Rt Hon. Isaac Corry	Whig
	1802, July 17	Portarlington	+Henry Brooke Parnell		Resigned
	1802, December 30		Thomas Tyrwhitt		Resigned
	1806, March 15		John Langston
	1802, July 23	Queen's County 2 members	*Hon. William Wellesley-Pole
			Sir Eyre Coote		Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica
	1806, February 17		*Henry Brooke Parnell		Appointed a Commissioner of the Treasury in Ireland
	1806, April 18			Whig
	1802, July 22	County Roscommon 2 members	*Arthur French	Whig
			Hon. Edward King	Whig
	1802, July 24	Sligo	*Owen Wynne	Tory	Resigned
	1806, July 16		George Canning	Tory	Cousin of the MP for Tralee
	1802, July 23	County Sligo 2 members	*Joshua Edward Cooper	Tory
			*Charles O'Hara	Whig	Appointed a Commissioner of the Treasury in Ireland
	1806, April 17
	1802, July 19	County Tipperary 2 members	*Viscount Mathew		^a
			*John Bagwell (c. 1752-1816)
	1802, July 24	Tralee	Rt Hon. George Canning	Tory	Appointed Treasurer of the Navy
	1804, June 4				Cousin of the MP for Sligo
	1802, July 19	County Tyrone 2 members	*James Stewart
			*Rt Hon. John Stewart
	1802, July 24	Waterford	*William Congreve Alcock	Tory	Unseated on petition
	1803, December 7		Sir John Newport, Bt	Whig	Declared duly elected on petition. Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in Ireland
	1806, March 14
	1802, July 21	County Waterford 2 members	*Rt Hon. John Beresford	Tory	Also returned for Enniskillen. Died.
			+Edward Lee	Whig
	1806, January 6		+John Claudius Beresford	Tory
	1802, July 16	County Westmeath 2 members	*William Smyth
			*Gustavus Hume-Rochfort		Classified Tory in the 5th Parliament
	1802, July 9	Wexford	Richard Nevill	Tory
	1802, July 19	County Wexford 2 members	*Viscount Loftus	Tory	Became the 2nd Marquess of Ely
			*Abel Ram	Tory
	1806, May 27		Caesar Colclough	Whig
	1802, July 22	County Wicklow 2 members	*William Hoare Hume	Whig
			*George Ponsonby	Whig	Appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland
	1806, May 10		William Tighe	Whig
	1802, July 13	Youghal	*Sir John Keane, Bt	Tory

Supplemental note:-

• ^a Stooks Smith (vol III p 240) states that there was a by-election in 1806, with Hon. Montagu James Mathew (Whig) elected in place of Viscount Mathew who had succeeded as the 2nd Earl Landaff in July. However Stooks Smith is in error: the Return of Members of Parliament (Part II p 229) shows that no further election was held in the constituency. The History of Parliament 1790-1820 vol II p 685 explains that preparations for a county byelection were made in which the new Earl of Llandaff hoped to be succeeded by his brother Montague but was restricted by a Government pledge to support Hon Francis Prittie. When the byelection was overtaken by a dissolution, the Mathew family managed to get both elected by deposing John Bagwell.

References

• The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second 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

See also

• Duration of English, British and United Kingdom Parliaments from 1660
• List of Parliaments of the United Kingdom
• United Kingdom general election, 1802