Downpatrick (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

Not to be confused with Down (Parliament of Ireland constituency).

Downpatrick
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1586 (1586)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Downpatrick

History

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

Members of Parliament, 1586–1801

• 1613-1615: Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt and Richard West [2]
• 1634–1635: Edward Kynaston (died 1634) and William Billingsly [2]
• 1639–1649: Mark Trevor and William Billingsly [2]
• 1661–1666: Nicholas Ward and Daniel O'Neill [2]

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689		Downpatrick was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692		James Hamilton			Nicholas Price
1695		Sir John Magill, 1st Bt			Francis Annesley [note 1]
1703		Mathew Forde
1705					Isaac Manley
1713					Francis Annesley
1715		Sir Emanuel Moore, 3rd Bt			Thomas Medlycott
1727		Edward Southwell			Cromwell Price
1755		Bowen Southwell
1761		Mathew Forde			Hon. Francis Charles Annesley
1771					Clotworthy Rowley
1776		Hon. Robert Henry Southwell
1783		Hon. Hercules Rowley [note 2]
October 1783		Andrew Caldwell
1790		Jonathan Chetwood
1798		Josias Rowley
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Downpatrick

Notes

1. Expelled in 1703
2. Also elected for Antrim County in 1783, for which he chose to sit

References

1. O'Hart (2007), p. 501
2. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 612.

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.