County Dublin (UK Parliament constituency)


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County Dublin was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

County Dublin
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Map of constituency
CountyCounty Dublin
Major settlementsBlanchardstown, Swords, Balbriggan
1801–1885
Seats2
Created fromCounty Dublin constituency (IHC)
Replaced byNorth Dublin and South Dublin

The constituency was created under the Acts of Union 1800, replacing the constituency of County Dublin in the Irish House of Commons. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, before the 1885 general election, it was replaced with two new county divisions, South Dublin and North Dublin.

This constituency comprised the whole of County Dublin, except for the area of the borough constituency of Dublin City. The borough comprised the whole of the county of the city of Dublin and the portion of the county at large within the Circular Road.

A Topographical Directory of Ireland, published in 1837, describes some aspects of the Parliamentary history of the county.

Two knights of the shire are returned to the Imperial parliament, who are elected at the county court-house at Kilmainham : the number of electors registered under the 2d of William IV., c. 88, up to Feb. 1st, 1837, is 2728, of which 788 were £50, 407 £20, and 622 £10, freeholders; 18 £50, 427 £20, and 423 £10, leaseholders; and 12 £50, 30 £20, and 1 £10, rent-chargers : the number that voted at the last general election was 1480. Prior to the Union, the boroughs of Swords and Newcastle sent each two members to the Irish House of Commons.

Members of Parliament

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Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1801, 1 January Hans Hamilton Tory[1] Sir Frederick Falkiner, Bt Tory[1]
1807, 26 May Richard Talbot Whig[1]
1823, 11 February Henry White Whig[1]
1830, 16 August William Brabazon Whig[1][2]
1832, 22 December Christopher Fitzsimon Repeal Association George Hampden Evans Whig[1]
1837, 7 August William Brabazon Whig[2]
1841, 16 July James Hans Hamilton Conservative[1] Thomas Edward Taylor Conservative[1]
1863, 22 April Ion Hamilton Conservative
1883, 27 February Edward King-Harman Conservative
1885 Constituency divided: see South Dublin and North Dublin

Elections in the 1880s

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Elections in the 1870s

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Elections in the 1860s

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5829
  • Caused by Hamilton's resignation.

Elections in the 1850s

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Elections in the 1840s

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Elections in the 1830s

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  2. ^ a b Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. pp. 36–37. Retrieved 21 August 2019 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 211–212, 272–273. ISBN 0901714127.
  4. ^ "County Dublin Election". Gloucester Citizen. 22 February 1883. p. 4. Retrieved 19 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Ireland". London Evening Standard. 16 April 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "State of Polls". Kilkenny Journal, and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser. 31 July 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ a b Farrell, Stephen. "Co. Dublin". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.