Newtownards (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Newtownards was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons
until 1800.
Irish House of Commons
The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...
until 1800.
1692–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1692 | Robert Echlin | Thomas Knox | ||||
| 1695 | Clotworthy Upton | Charles Campbell | ||||
| 1703 | George Carpenter George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter Lieutenant-General George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter was a British soldier who served as Governor of Minorca and as Commander-in-chief of all the forces in Scotland... |
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| 1705 | Brabazon Ponsonby Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough was a British politician and peer. He was the son of William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon and Mary Moore. He was an active politician from 1705 to 1757 in Great Britain and Ireland. He represented Newtownards and County Kildare in the Irish House of... |
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| 1715 | Richard Tighe | |||||
| 1725 | Hon. William Ponsonby William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough PC PC was an Irish and English peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Hon. William Ponsonby from 1723 to 1739 and Viscount Duncannon from 1739 to 1758... |
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| 1727 | John Denny Vesey | Robert Jocelyn Robert Jocelyn, 1st Viscount Jocelyn Robert Jocelyn, 1st Viscount Jocelyn PC SL was an English-Irish politician and member of the Peerage of Ireland. He is best known for serving as Lord Chancellor of Ireland.-Early life:... |
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| 1739 | Hon. John Ponsonby | |||||
| 1750 | Chambre Brabazon Ponsonby Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby Chambré Brabazon Ponsonby was an Irish Member of Parliament.He was the son of Major-General Henry Ponsonby by his wife Lady Frances, daughter of Chambré Brabazon, 5th Earl of Meath... |
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| 1761 | Richard Ponsonby | Redmond Morres | ||||
| 1768 | Thomas Le Hunt | Hon. John Ponsonby | ||||
| 1769 | Sir William Morres, 1st Bt | |||||
| 1775 | Arthur Dawson | |||||
| 1776 | Sir John Browne, 7th Bt John Browne, 1st Baron Kilmaine John Browne, 1st Baron Kilmaine , known as Sir John Browne, 7th Baronet, from 1765 to 1789, was an Irish politician.... |
James Somerville | ||||
| October 1783 | William Brabazon Ponsonby William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby William Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby , PC was a leading Irish Whig politician, being a member of the Irish House of Commons, and after 1800, of the United Kingdom parliament. Ponsonby was the son of the Hon... |
Lodge Evans Morres Lodge de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency Lodge Evans de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency PC , known as Lodge Morres until 1800 and as The Lord Frankfort between 1800 and 1816, was an Irish politician.-Background:... |
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| 1783 | Hon. John Ponsonby | George Lowther | ||||
| 1785 | Sir William Morres, 3rd Bt | |||||
| 1788 | Henry Alexander | |||||
| 1790 | Hon. Richard Annesley Richard Annesley, 2nd Earl Annesley Richard Annesley, 2nd Earl Annesley PC , styled The Honourable from 1758 to 1802, was an Irish politician and noble.Lord Annesley was the second son of William Annesley, 1st Viscount Glerawly and Lady Anne Beresford... |
John La Touche | ||||
| 1796 | John La Touche John La Touche (politician) John La Touche was an Irish Whig politician.La Touche represented Newtownards in the Irish House of Commons from 1796 to 1798, Newcastle in 1798, and Harristown from 1797 until the Act of Union in 1801. Subsequently La Touche became a Member of Parliament in the new Parliament of the United... |
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| 1798 | Sir John Blaquiere, 1st Bt | Robert Alexander | ||||
| 1800 | Hon. Du Pre Alexander Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon Du Pré Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon KP , styled The Honourable from 1790 to 1800 and then Viscount Alexander to 1802, was an Irish peer, landlord and colonial administrator, and was the second child and only son of James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon.-Education and Inheritance:He was educated... |