County Wicklow was a
parliamentary constituency in
Ireland, represented in the
Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two
Members of Parliament (MPs) to the
House of Commons of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
At the
1885 general election, under the
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885,
County Wicklow
County Wicklow ( ; ga, Contae Chill Mhantáin ) is a county in Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is bordered by t ...
was divided into two parliamentary divisions:
East Wicklow and
West Wicklow.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of
County Wicklow
County Wicklow ( ; ga, Contae Chill Mhantáin ) is a county in Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is bordered by t ...
.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Acton resigned by accepting the office of
Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds
Appointment to the position of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds is a procedural device to allow Members of Parliament to resignation from the British House of Commons, resign from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. S ...
, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Wentworth-FitzWilliam succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th
Earl FitzWilliam, causing a by-election.
Proby was appointed
Comptroller of the Household
The Comptroller of the Household is an ancient position in the British royal household, nominally the second-ranking member of the Lord Steward's department after the Treasurer of the Household. The Comptroller was an ''ex officio'' member of t ...
, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
References
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*''The Parliaments of England'' by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
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{{County Wicklow constituencies
Historic constituencies in County Wicklow
Westminster constituencies in County Wicklow (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1801
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885