Wicklow (UK Parliament constituency)
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Wicklow was a parliamentary constituency
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...

  in Ireland
Ireland
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, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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 (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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.

At the 1885 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1885
-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...

, County Wicklow
County Wicklow
County Wicklow is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Wicklow, which derives from the Old Norse name Víkingalág or Wykynlo. Wicklow County Council is the local authority for the county...

 was divided into two parliamentary divisions: East Wicklow and West Wicklow.

Members of Parliament

Year|2nd Member2nd Party
1801
United Kingdom general election, 1801
The United Kingdom general election, 1801 was not an election as such, but the co-option of members to serve in the first Parliament to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...

William Hoare Hume vacant until the by-election held in Feb 1801
Feb 1801 George Ponsonby
George Ponsonby
George Ponsonby PC , was a British lawyer and Whig politician. He served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents.-Background and education:...

1806
United Kingdom general election, 1806
The United Kingdom general election, 1806 was the election of members to the 3rd Parliament of the United Kingdom. This was the second general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....

William Tighe
Feb 1816 Hon. Granville Proby
Granville Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort
Granville Leveson Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort , known as the Honourable Granville Proby until 1855, was a British naval commander and Whig politician....

Whig
British Whig Party
The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...

Apr 1816 George Ponsonby
George Ponsonby
George Ponsonby PC , was a British lawyer and Whig politician. He served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents.-Background and education:...

Aug 1817 William Parnell-Hayes
1821 James Grattan Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
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Jul 1829 Sir Ralph Howard, Bt Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
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1841
United Kingdom general election, 1841
-Seats summary:-Whig MPs who lost their seats:*Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for Ireland*Sir George Strickland, Bt*Sir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987...

William Acton
William Acton (MP)
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Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
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1847
United Kingdom general election, 1847
-Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...

Viscount Milton
William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 6th Earl FitzWilliam
William Thomas Spencer Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 6th Earl FitzWilliam, KG was a British peer and Liberal politician....

Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

Apr 1848 Sir Ralph Howard, Bt Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
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1852
United Kingdom general election, 1852
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William Wentworth FitzWilliam Hume Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
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Feb 1858 Lord Proby
Granville Proby, 4th Earl of Carysfort
Granville Leveson Proby, 4th Earl of Carysfort KP, PC , styled Lord Proby from 1858 to 1868, was a British Liberal politician...

Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

Nov 1868
United Kingdom general election, 1868
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Hon. Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam
Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam
The Hon. William Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam , was a British Liberal, and later Liberal Unionist politician.-Background:...

Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

1874
United Kingdom general election, 1874
-Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...

William Richard O'Byrne Home Rule League
Home Rule League
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1880
United Kingdom general election, 1880
-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...

William Joseph Corbet
William Joseph Corbet
William Joseph Corbet was an Irish nationalist politician and Member of Parliament for constituencies in County Wicklow for most of the period from 1880 to 1900...

Home Rule League
Home Rule League
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James Carlile McCoan Home Rule League
Home Rule League
The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a political party which campaigned for home rule for the country of Ireland from 1873 to 1882, when it was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party.-Origins:...

1885
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
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Constituency divided: see East Wicklow and West Wicklow
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