Bangor (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

Bangor
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1613 (1613)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

History

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

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1613		Edward Brabazon			John Dalway[2]
1634		Malby Brabazon			Arthur Bassett[2]
1639		John Hamilton			James Hamilton[2]
1661		William Conyngham			Thomas Boyd (expelled 1665)[3]
1689	Bangor was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692		Francis Annesley			David Campbell
1695		Sir James Hamilton
1698					Henry Maxwell
1707		Charles O'Neill
1713		Capel Moore			Robert Ward
1715		Michael Ward [note 1]			Hans Hamilton [note 2]
1716		Edward Riggs			Acheson Moore
November 1727		Michael Ward
1727		Sir Robert Maude, 1st Bt
1751		Mathew Forde
1761		Robert Ward			Robert Hamilton
1767		John Parnell
1768		Bernard Ward [note 3]			John Blackwood [note 4]
1771		Hon. Nicholas Ward
1776		Hon. Pierce Butler [note 5]			Hon. Edward Ward [note 6]
1778		Edward Hunt
1783					Richard Magenis
1790		Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Bt			Sir John Parnell, 2nd Bt [note 7]
1791					John Keane
1798		Hon. Robert Ward			John Stewart
1801		Disenfranchised

Notes

1. Also elected for Down in 1715, for which he chose to sit
2. Also elected for Newry in 1715, for which he chose to sit
3. Also elected for Down in 1768, for which he chose to sit
4. Succeeded as 2nd Baronet in 1774
5. Also elected for Callan in 1776, for which he chose to sit
6. Also elected for Down in 1783, for which he chose to sit
7. Also elected for Queen's County in 1790, for which he chose to sit

References

1. O'Hart (2007), p. 501
2. http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
3. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 613.

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.