Armagh was an Irish constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.

History and boundaries The parliamentary borough of Armagh in County Armagh was one of 33 Irish boroughs which were retained under the Acts of Union 1800. It was the successor to the two-seat constituency of Armagh in the Irish House of Commons. Its one MP in 1801 was chosen by lot to sit in the First Parliament of the United Kingdom.

A report into the boundaries of the borough of Armagh was undertaken in November 1831. Under the Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832, it was defined as:

The constituency was disfranchised under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, which took effect at the 1885 general election. The borough of Armagh, as part of the barony of Armagh, became part of the county division of Mid Armagh.Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Seventh Schedule (Counties at Large); Part III (Ireland)

Members of Parliament ElectionMemberPartyNote 1801 (co-option)Patrick Duigenan 1801 (b) Duigenan appointed commissioner of compensation 1802 1806 1807 1812 1816 (b) Daniel Webb Webber Death of Duigenan 1818 John Leslie Foster Also returned for Lisburn. Sat for Armagh. 1820 William Stuart 1826Rt Hon. Henry Goulburn 1828 (b) Goulburn appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer 1830 1831 Viscount Ingestre 1831 (b) Sir John Brydges Ingestre resigned to contest Dublin 1832Leonard Dobbin 1835 1837 William Curry 1840 (b)John Rawdon Curry appointed Master in Chancery 1841 1847 1852 Ross Stephenson Moore 1855 (b) Joshua Bond Death of Moore 1857 Stearne Miller 1859 Joshua Bond 1865 Stearne Miller 1867 (b)John Vance Miller appointed judge in bankruptcy 1868 1874 1875 (b)George Beresford Death of Vance 18801885 Area became part of Mid Armagh

Elections Elections in the 1830s

Chetwynd-Talbot resigned to contest a by-election at Dublin City, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s Curry resigned after being appointed a Master in Chancery, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Moore's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Miller was appointed a judge in bankruptcy, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

Vance died, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

References

Sources

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)