County Armagh, Ireland, was represented in the Irish House of Commons, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland, by a county constituency of two MPs until the abolition of the Irish Parliament on 1 January 1801.Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae Asservatarum Repertorium (Repertory of the Inquisitions of the Chancery of Ireland) Volume II, page xix 'An Order for the division, setting out and appoyntinge of the boundes, lymytts and circuits of sixe severall sheires or countyes within the pvince of Ulster within this realme of Ireland, viz. the countye of Tyron, the countye of Donnyngall, the countye of Fermanaghe, the countye of Colrane, the countye of Armaghe and the countye of Monohon ... the firste of September anno dei 1585, annoque d[omi]n[a]e Regin[a]e Elizabeth', 27mo' The parliamentary boroughs of Armagh and Charlemont were separately represented.
Under the Acts of Union 1800, the county was represented by the Westminster constituency of County Armagh with two MPs in the United Kingdom House of Commons. Charlemont lost its separate representation.
Members of Parliament ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1612 Tobias Caulfeild John Bourchier 1613 Sir Francis Annesley 1634Sir Faithful Fortescue George Radcliffe 1639Sir Faithful Fortescue William Brownlow 1661Hans Hamilton Edward Richardson 1689 Arthur Brownlow Walter Hovendon 1692 William Richardson 1695 Sir Nicholas Acheson, 4th Bt 1703 Sir Hans Hamilton, 2nd Bt 1711 William Brownlow 1713 Robert Cope Tory 1715 William Richardson 1727 Robert Cope Tory 1739 William Richardson 1753 William Brownlow 1758 Francis Caulfeild 1761 Sir Archibald Acheson, 6th Bt 1776 Thomas Dawson 1783 William Richardson 1795 William Brownlow 1798 Hon. Archibald Acheson Viscount Caulfeild 1799 Robert Camden Cope 1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency of County Armagh
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