Lisburn (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Coordinates: 54°30′40″N 6°02′35″W / 54.511°N 6.043°W / 54.511; -6.043
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54°30′40″N 6°02′35″W / 54.511°N 6.043°W / 54.511; -6.043

Lisburn
Former
borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Antrim
BoroughLisburn
 () ( ())–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byLisburn (UKHC)

Lisburn was a

borough constituency which elected two MPs for the borough of Lisburn, County Antrim, to the Irish House of Commons, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland
.

Members of Parliament

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1661 Sir Edward Dering Sir Edward Smith
1665 Robert Johnston[1]
1692 Randal Brice Edward Harrison
1697 Popham Seymour-Conway
1703 Michael Harrison Richard Nutley
1709 Brent Spencer
1711 Robert Cope Tory
1713 Francis Harrison
1715 Edmond Francis Stafford
1725 Thomas Clutterbuck
1736 Nicholas Price
1743 Robert Maxwell[a]
1743 Edward Smyth
1759 Francis Price
1761
Francis Seymour-Conway, Viscount Beauchamp
1768 Marcus Paterson
1771
Hon. Robert Seymour-Conway
1776 FitzHerbert Richards Richard Jackson[b]
1777
Richard Heron[c]
1783 William Sharman William Todd Jones
1790 George Hatton John Moore
1798 Stewart Bruce
1801 Replaced by Westminster constituency Lisburn
Notes
  1. ^ The Hon. Robert Maxwell from 1756.
  2. ^ Also returned for Coleraine, for which he chose to sit.
  3. ^ From 1778 Sir Richard Heron, Bt.

References

  • Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

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