Newtown Limavady (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Not to be confused with Newtownards (Parliament of Ireland constituency).

Newtown Limavady was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Newtown Limavady
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Londonderry
Borough	Limavady
()–1801 (1801)
Replaced by	Disfranchised

Members of Parliament

• 1613-1615 Sir Christopher Sibthorpe and Roger Downton^[1]
• 1634–1635 Arthur Newcome and George Downing^[1]
• 1639–1649 Dudley Philips and John Usher^[1]
• 1661–1666 George Philips and Sir Richard Gethin, 1st Baronet^[1]

1692–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1692		Hugh Rowley			Sir John Topham
1695		William Porter			Richard Stone
1703		William Conolly[2]	Whig		William Cairnes[3]
September 1703		George Macartney			Thomas Carr
1713		William Conolly[2]	Whig		Hugh Henry[4]
1714		Benjamin Parry			William Ussher
1715		Isaac Manley			Joseph Henry
1717					Thomas Marlay[5]
1727					Thomas Medlycott
1736		Alexander Nesbitt
1739					Edward Riggs
1742					Edmond Leslie-Corry
1761		William Burton[6]
November 1765					Arthur Magan[7]
1765					John Staples
1768					Richard Jones
1776					Alexander Murray
1777		William Colvill
1783		John Staples			John Richardson
1795					Hugh Carncross
1796		Richard Trench[8]
January 1798		Viscount Castlereagh[9]
1798		John Maxwell
1798					Eyre Power Trench
1799					Charles Trench
1801		Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

1. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 625.
2. Also returned for Londonderry County, for which he chose to sit
3. Also returned for Belfast, for which he chose to sit
4. Also returned for Antrim, for which he chose to sit
5. At the General Election in 1727,he was also returned for Lanesborough, for which he chose to sit
6. Also returned for Ennis, for which he chose to sit. Burton changed his surname to Conyngham 3 May 1781
7. declared not duly elected
8. from 1797 Hon. Richard Trench. At the General Election of 1797, he was also returned for Galway, for which he chose to sit
9. Also returned for Co. Down, for which he chose to sit

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.