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{{Short description|UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox UK constituency
{{Infobox UK constituency
|name = Kilkenny County
|name = County Kilkenny
|type = County
|type = county
|region = Ireland
|county = [[County Kilkenny]]
|parliament = uk
|parliament = uk
|year = 1801
|year = 1801
|abolished = 1885
|abolished = 1885
|seats = 2
|elects_howmany = two
|previous = [[County Kilkenny (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Kilkenny]] (IHC)
|previous =
|next = [[North Kilkenny (UK Parliament constituency)|North Kilkenny]] <br/>[[South Kilkenny (UK Parliament constituency)|South Kilkenny]]
|next = {{ubl|[[North Kilkenny (UK Parliament constituency)|North Kilkenny]]|[[South Kilkenny (UK Parliament constituency)|South Kilkenny]]}}
|}}
|}}


'''County Kilkenny parliamentary constituency''' was a [[List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies|former UK Parliament]] County constituency in [[County Kilkenny]] in [[Ireland]]. The [[County constituency]] returned two [[Members of Parliament]] (MP) in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], from 1801 until 1885.
'''County Kilkenny''' was a [[List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies|former UK Parliament]] county constituency in [[County Kilkenny]] in [[Ireland]]. The [[County constituency]] returned two [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Members of Parliament]] (MPs) in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], from 1801 until 1885.


County Kilkenny constituency was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the [[Acts of Union 1800]] by [[Parliament of Great Britain|Great Britain]] and [[Parliament of Ireland|Ireland]] took effect on 1 January 1801, and remained in existence until its abolition in 1885 when it was replaced by [[North Kilkenny (UK Parliament constituency)|North Kilkenny]] and [[South Kilkenny (UK Parliament constituency)|South Kilkenny]].
County Kilkenny constituency was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the [[Acts of Union 1800]] by [[Parliament of Great Britain|Great Britain]] and [[Parliament of Ireland|Ireland]] took effect on 1 January 1801, and remained in existence until its abolition in 1885 when it was replaced by [[North Kilkenny (UK Parliament constituency)|North Kilkenny]] and [[South Kilkenny (UK Parliament constituency)|South Kilkenny]].

County Kilkenny constituency was made up of the [[counties of Ireland|traditional county]] except for the [[borough constituency]] of [[Kilkenny City (UK Parliament constituency)|Kilkenny City]] for [[Kilkenny]].


==Boundaries==
==Boundaries==
This constituency comprised the whole of [[County Kilkenny]], except for the [[Parliamentary borough]] of [[Kilkenny City (UK Parliament constituency)|Kilkenny City]].
County Kilkenny constituency was made up of the [[counties of Ireland|traditional county]] except for the [[borough constituency]] of [[Kilkenny City (UK Parliament constituency)|Kilkenny City]] for [[Kilkenny]].

This constituency comprised the whole of [[County Kilkenny]], except for the [[parliamentary borough]] of [[Kilkenny City (UK Parliament constituency)|Kilkenny City]].


==Members of Parliament==
==Members of Parliament==
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!Year!!colspan="2"|1st Member!!1st Party!!colspan="2"|2nd Member!!2nd Party
!Year!!colspan="2"|1st Member!!1st Party!!colspan="2"|2nd Member!!2nd Party
|-
|-
| [[United Kingdom general election, 1801|1801, 1 January]]
| [[1801 United Kingdom general election|1801, 1 January]]
| style="background-color: {{Whig Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whig Party (UK)}}" |
| [[William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby|William Ponsonby]], later Baron Ponsonby <!-- 15 Sep 1744 to 5 Nov 1806 -->
| [[William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby|William Ponsonby]], later Baron Ponsonby <!-- 15 Sep 1744 to 5 Nov 1806 -->
| [[Whig Party (UK)|Whig]]
| [[Whig Party (UK)|Whig]]
|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="3"| [[James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde|James Butler]], later Marquess of Ormonde <!-- 15 Jul 1774 to 18 May 1838 -->
|rowspan="3"| [[James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde|James Butler]], later Marquess of Ormonde <!-- 15 Jul 1774 to 18 May 1838 -->
|rowspan="3"| <!-- party -->
|rowspan="3"| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1806, 12 April
| [[1806 County Kilkenny by-election|1806, 12 April]]
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[George Ponsonby (Junior Lord of the Treasury)|George Ponsonby]] <!-- c 1773 to 5 Jun 1863 -->
| [[George Ponsonby (Junior Lord of the Treasury)|George Ponsonby]] <!-- c 1773 to 5 Jun 1863 -->
| <!-- party -->
| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1806, 21 November
| [[1806 United Kingdom general election|1806, 21 November]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby]] <!-- 6 Jul 1783 to 11 Jan 1837 -->
|rowspan="2"| [[Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby]] <!-- 6 Jul 1783 to 11 Jan 1837 -->
|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->
|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1820, 11 September
| [[1820 County Kilkenny by-election|1820, 11 September]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Charles Harward Butler Clarke]] <!-- 9 Nov 1780 to 7 Nov 1860 -->
|rowspan="2"| Charles Clarke <!-- 9 Nov 1780 to 7 Nov 1860 -->
|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->
|rowspan="2"| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith1842"/>
|-
|-
| 1826, 22 June
| [[1826 United Kingdom general election|1826, 22 June]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough|John Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon]], later Earl of Bessborough <!-- 31 Aug 1781 to 16 May 1847 -->
|rowspan="2"| [[John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough|John Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon]], later Earl of Bessborough <!-- 31 Aug 1781 to 16 May 1847 -->
|rowspan="2"| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith1842">{{cite book|last1=Smith|first1=Henry Stooks|title=The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections|date=1842|publisher=Simpkin, Marshall & Company|page=230|edition=Second|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQgHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA230 |accessdate=2 October 2018 |via = [[Google Books]] }}</ref>
|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1830, 12 August
| [[1830 United Kingdom general election|1830, 12 August]]
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde|John Butler, Earl of Ossory]], later Marquess of Ormonde <!-- 24 Aug 1808 to 25 Sep 1854 -->
| [[John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde|John Butler, Earl of Ossory]], later Marquess of Ormonde <!-- 24 Aug 1808 to 25 Sep 1854 -->
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith1842"/>
| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1832, 20 December
| [[1832 United Kingdom general election|1832, 20 December]]
|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Repeal Association}}" |
|rowspan="3"| [[Pierce Butler (1774–1846)|Pierce Butler]] <!-- 1774 to 1846 -->
|rowspan="3"| [[Pierce Butler (1774–1846)|Pierce Butler]] <!-- 1774 to 1846 -->
|rowspan="3"| <!-- party -->
|rowspan="3"| [[Repeal Association]]<ref name="stookssmith1842"/><ref name="walker"/>
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Repeal Association}}" |
| [[William Francis Finn]]
| [[William Francis Finn]]
| [[Repeal Association]]<ref name="stookssmith1842"/><ref name="walker"/>
| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1837, 12 August
| [[1837 United Kingdom general election|1837, 12 August]]
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[George Bryan (politician, died 1843)|George Bryan]] <!-- died c Nov 1843 -->
| [[George Bryan (politician, died 1843)|George Bryan]] <!-- died c Nov 1843 -->
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith1842"/>
| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1843, 1 December
| [[1843 County Kilkenny by-election|1843, 1 December]]
|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Repeal Association}}" |
|rowspan="3"| [[Pierce Somerset Butler]] <!-- 1801 to 28 Jul 1865 -->
|rowspan="3"| [[Pierce Somerset Butler]] <!-- 1801 to 28 Jul 1865 -->
|rowspan="3"| [[Repeal Association]]<ref name="walker"/><ref name="dublin1847"/><ref name="cork1847">{{cite news |title=Kilkenny Co. Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000425/18470719/005/0001 |accessdate=2 October 2018 |work=Cork Examiner |date=19 July 1847 |page=1 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|rowspan="3"| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1846, 29 July
| [[1846 County Kilkenny by-election|1846, 29 July]]
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Repeal Association}}" |
| [[Richard Smithwicke]] <!-- born 1804 -->
| [[Richard Smithwicke]] <!-- born 1804 -->
| [[Repeal Association]]<ref name="walker"/>
| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1847, 18 August
| [[1847 United Kingdom general election|1847, 18 August]]
|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Repeal Association}}" |
|rowspan="3"| [[John Greene (MP)|John Greene]] <!-- died 16 Jun 1883 -->
|rowspan="4"| [[John Greene (MP)|John Greene]] <!-- died 16 Jun 1883 -->
|[[Repeal Association]]<ref name="walker"/><ref name="dublin1847">{{cite news |title=Repeal Association |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000435/18470831/071/0004 |accessdate=2 October 2018 |work=Dublin Evening Post |date=31 August 1847 |page=4 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="cork1847"/>
|rowspan="3"| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1852, 26 July
| [[1852 United Kingdom general election|1852, 26 July]]
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent Irish Party}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Independent Irish Party|Ind. Irish]]<ref name="walker"/><ref name="staffs1852">{{cite news |title=The General Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000252/18520731/039/0003 |accessdate=2 October 2018 |work=Staffordshire Advertiser |date=31 July 1852 |page=3 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The County Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001311/18570328/009/0002 |accessdate=2 October 2018 |work=Kilkenny Journal, and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser |date=28 March 1857 |page=2 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent Irish Party}}" |
| [[William Shee]] <!-- 1804 to 19 Feb 1868 -->
| [[William Shee]] <!-- 1804 to 19 Feb 1868 -->
| [[Independent Irish Party|Ind. Irish]]<ref name="walker"/><ref name="staffs1852"/>
| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1857, 13 April
| [[1857 United Kingdom general election|1857, 13 April]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Leopold Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden|Leopold Agar-Ellis]], later Viscount Clifden <!-- 13 May 1829 to 10 Sep 1899 -->
|rowspan="3"| [[Leopold Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden|Leopold Agar-Ellis]] <!-- 13 May 1829 to 10 Sep 1899 -->
|[[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The County Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001311/18570321/013/0002 |accessdate=2 October 2018 |work=Kilkenny Journal, and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser |date=21 March 1857 |page=2 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| [[1859 United Kingdom general election|1859, 20 May]]
| 1865, 24 July
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]<ref name="walker"/>
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan="2" | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]<ref name="walker"/>
|-
| [[1865 United Kingdom general election|1865, 24 July]]
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[George Leopold Bryan]] <!-- 1828 to 29 Jun 1880 -->
|rowspan="2"| [[George Leopold Bryan]] <!-- 1828 to 29 Jun 1880 -->
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]<ref name="walker"/>
|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| 1874, 10 February
| [[1874 United Kingdom general election|1874, 10 February]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Home Rule League}}" |
|[[Home Rule League]]<ref name="walker"/>
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Home Rule League}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Patrick Martin (Irish politician)|Patrick Martin]] <!-- 1830 to 29 Oct 1895 -->
|rowspan="2"| [[Patrick Martin (Irish politician)|Patrick Martin]] <!-- 1830 to 29 Oct 1895 -->
|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->
|rowspan="2"| [[Home Rule League]]<ref name="walker"/>
|-
|-
| 1880, 15 April
| [[1880 United Kingdom general election|1880, 15 April]]
| style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Parnellite Home Rule League}}" |
| [[Edward Purcell Mulhallen Marum]] <!-- 1827 to 21 Sep 1890 -->
| [[Edward Marum]] <!-- 1827 to 21 Sep 1890 -->
| [[{{party shortname|Parnellite Home Rule League}}]]<ref name="walker"/>
| <!-- party -->
|-
|-
| [[Redistribution of Seats Act 1885|1885]]
| [[Redistribution of Seats Act 1885|1885]]
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==Elections==
==Elections==
===Elections in the 1830s===
{{Election box begin no change| title=[[1830 United Kingdom general election|General election 1830]]: County Kilkenny<ref name="walker"/><ref name="stookssmith1842"/><ref name="hop1820-1832">{{cite web |title=Co. Kilkenny |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/co-kilkenny |website=The History of Parliament |accessdate=16 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough|John Ponsonby]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde|John Butler]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 1,078
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

Ponsonby was appointed as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, requiring a by-election.

{{Election box begin no change| title=[[1831 County Kilkenny by-election|By-election, 28 February 1831]]: County Kilkenny<ref name="walker"/><ref name="stookssmith1842"/><ref name="hop1820-1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough|John Ponsonby]]
|votes = 336
|percentage = 55.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Repeal Association
|candidate = [[Pierce Butler (1774–1846)|Pierce Butler]]
|votes = 269
|percentage = 44.5
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 67
|percentage = 11.0
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 605
|percentage = {{circa|53.1}}
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = {{circa|1,139}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=[[1831 United Kingdom general election|General election 1831]]: County Kilkenny<ref name="walker"/><ref name="stookssmith1842"/><ref name="hop1820-1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough|John Ponsonby]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde|John Butler]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 1,139
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=[[1832 United Kingdom general election|General election 1832]]: County Kilkenny<ref name="walker"/><ref name="stookssmith1842"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Repeal Association
|candidate = [[Pierce Butler (1774–1846)|Pierce Butler]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Repeal Association
|candidate = [[William Francis Finn]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 1,246
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Repeal Association
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Repeal Association
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=[[1835 United Kingdom general election|General election 1835]]: County Kilkenny<ref name="walker"/><ref name="stookssmith1842"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed for alliance|
|party = Repeal Association
|side = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Pierce Butler (1774–1846)|Pierce Butler]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed for alliance|
|party = Repeal Association
|side = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[William Francis Finn]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 1,262
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Repeal Association
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Repeal Association
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=[[1837 United Kingdom general election|General election 1837]]: County Kilkenny<ref name="walker"/><ref name="stookssmith1842"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed for alliance|
|party = Repeal Association
|side = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Pierce Butler (1774–1846)|Pierce Butler]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[George Bryan (politician, died 1843)|George Bryan]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 1,726
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Repeal Association
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|loser = Repeal Association
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1840s===
{{Election box begin| title=[[1841 United Kingdom general election|General election 1841]]: County Kilkenny<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Repeal Association
|candidate = [[Pierce Butler (1774–1846)|Pierce Butler]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[George Bryan (politician, died 1843)|George Bryan]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,530
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Repeal Association
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

Bryan's death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=[[1843 County Kilkenny by-election|By-election, 1 December 1843]]: County Kilkenny<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Repeal Association
|candidate = [[Pierce Somerset Butler]]
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Repeal Association
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

Pierce Butler's death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=[[1846 County Kilkenny by-election|By-election, 29 July 1846]]: County Kilkenny<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Repeal Association
|candidate = [[Richard Smithwicke]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Repeal Association
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=[[1847 United Kingdom general election|General election 1847]]: County Kilkenny<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Repeal Association
|candidate = [[John Greene (Kilkenny MP)|John Greene]]
|votes = 277
|percentage = 30.1
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Repeal Association
|candidate = [[Pierce Somerset Butler]]
|votes = 262
|percentage = 28.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Repeal Association
|candidate = Charles Hely
|votes = 241
|percentage = 26.2
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Repeal Association
|candidate = Patrick Richard Welch
|votes = 139
|percentage = 15.1
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 21
|percentage = 2.3
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 460 (est)
|percentage = 41.6 (est)
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,107
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Repeal Association
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Repeal Association
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1850s===
{{Election box begin| title=[[1852 United Kingdom general election|General election 1852]]: County Kilkenny<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Irish Party
|candidate = [[William Shee]]
|votes = 2,622
|percentage = 43.6
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Irish Party
|candidate = [[John Greene (Kilkenny MP)|John Greene]]
|votes = 2,537
|percentage = 42.2
|change = +12.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Wandesford Butler
|votes = 500
|percentage = 8.3
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Leopold Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden|Leopold Agar-Ellis]]
|votes = 350
|percentage = 5.8
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,037
|percentage = 33.9
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,005 (est)
|percentage = 59.7 (est)
|change = +18.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,036
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent Irish Party
|loser = Repeal Association
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent Irish Party
|loser = Repeal Association
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=[[1857 United Kingdom general election|General election 1857]]: County Kilkenny<ref name="walker"/><ref>{{cite news |title=General Intelligence |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000683/18570417/041/0002 |accessdate=2 October 2018 |work=Coventry Standard |date=17 April 1857 |page=2 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Leopold Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden|Leopold Agar-Ellis]]
|votes = 2,589
|percentage = 39.5
|change = +33.7
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Irish Party
|candidate = [[John Greene (Kilkenny MP)|John Greene]]
|votes = 1,604
|percentage = 24.5
|change = &minus;17.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Baron Vaux of Harrowden|George Charles Mostyn]]
|votes = 1,324
|percentage = 20.2
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[William Shee]]
|votes = 1,036
|percentage = 15.8
|change = &minus;27.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,277 (est)
|percentage = 64.0 (est)
|change = +4.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,124
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 985
|percentage = 15.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|loser = Independent Irish Party
|swing = +28.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 280
|percentage = 4.3
|change = &minus;29.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent Irish Party
|swing = &minus;17.3
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=[[1859 United Kingdom general election|General election 1859]]: County Kilkenny<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Leopold Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden|Leopold Agar-Ellis]]
|votes = 2,483
|percentage = 31.8
|change = &minus;7.7
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Greene (Kilkenny MP)|John Greene]]
|votes = 1,992
|percentage = 25.5
|change = +1.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[George Henry Moore (politician)|George Henry Moore]]
|votes = 1,747
|percentage = 22.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[William Shee]]
|votes = 1,590
|percentage = 20.4
|change = +4.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 245
|percentage = 3.1
|change = &minus;11.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,906 (est)
|percentage = 73.1 (est)
|change = +9.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,347
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1860s===
{{Election box begin| title=[[1865 United Kingdom general election|General election 1865]]: County Kilkenny<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[George Leopold Bryan]]
|votes = 2,913
|percentage = 44.9
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Leopold Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden|Leopold Agar-Ellis]]
|votes = 2,728
|percentage = 42.0
|change = +10.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Greene (Kilkenny MP)|John Greene]]
|votes = 852
|percentage = 13.1
|change = &minus;12.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,876
|percentage = 28.9
|change = +25.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,247 (est)
|percentage = 63.0 (est)
|change = &minus;10.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,151
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=[[1868 United Kingdom general election|General election 1868]]: County Kilkenny<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[George Leopold Bryan]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Leopold Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden|Leopold Agar-Ellis]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,159
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1870s===
{{Election box begin| title=[[1874 United Kingdom general election|General election 1874]]: County Kilkenny<ref name="walker"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Home Rule League
|candidate = [[George Leopold Bryan]]
|votes = 2,603
|percentage = 44.2
|change =''New''
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Home Rule League
|candidate = [[Patrick Martin (Irish politician)|Patrick Martin]]
|votes = 2,139
|percentage = 36.3
|change =''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Leopold Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden|Leopold Agar-Ellis]]
|votes = 1,151
|percentage = 19.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 988
|percentage = 16.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,522 (est)
|percentage = 66.5 (est)
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,300
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Home Rule League
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Home Rule League
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1880s===
===Elections in the 1880s===
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}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
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|votes = 2,707
|votes = 2,707
|percentage = 42.9
|percentage = 42.9
|change =
|change = &minus;1.3
}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
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|votes = 2,694
|votes = 2,694
|percentage = 42.7
|percentage = 42.7
|change =
|change = +6.4
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|votes = 913
|votes = 913
|percentage = 14.5
|percentage = 14.5
|change = ''N/A''
|change = ''New''
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,781
|votes = 1,781
|percentage = 28.2
|percentage = 28.2
|change =
|change = +11.4
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,620 (est)
|votes = 3,620 (est)
|percentage = 73.8 (est)
|percentage = 73.8 (est)
|change =
|change = +7.3
}}
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
{{Election box registered electors|
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{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Home Rule League
|winner = Home Rule League
|swing =
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Home Rule League
|winner = Home Rule League
|swing =
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
*''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)
*''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)
*''Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922'', edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
*{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922|editor-first=B.M.|editor-last=Walker|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|year=1978|location=Dublin|isbn=0901714127}}
*{{Rayment-hc | k | 2 |date=March 2012}}
*{{Rayment-hc | k | 2 |date=March 2012}}


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County Kilkenny
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyCounty Kilkenny
1801–1885
Seats2
Created fromCounty Kilkenny (IHC)
Replaced by

County Kilkenny was a former UK Parliament county constituency in County Kilkenny in Ireland. The County constituency returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from 1801 until 1885.

County Kilkenny constituency was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Acts of Union 1800 by Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801, and remained in existence until its abolition in 1885 when it was replaced by North Kilkenny and South Kilkenny.

Boundaries

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County Kilkenny constituency was made up of the traditional county except for the borough constituency of Kilkenny City for Kilkenny.

This constituency comprised the whole of County Kilkenny, except for the parliamentary borough of Kilkenny City.

Members of Parliament

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Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1801, 1 January William Ponsonby, later Baron Ponsonby Whig James Butler, later Marquess of Ormonde
1806, 12 April George Ponsonby
1806, 21 November Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby
1820, 11 September Charles Clarke Whig[1]
1826, 22 June John Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon, later Earl of Bessborough Whig[1]
1830, 12 August John Butler, Earl of Ossory, later Marquess of Ormonde Whig[1]
1832, 20 December Pierce Butler Repeal Association[1][2] William Francis Finn Repeal Association[1][2]
1837, 12 August George Bryan Whig[1]
1843, 1 December Pierce Somerset Butler Repeal Association[2][3][4]
1846, 29 July Richard Smithwicke Repeal Association[2]
1847, 18 August John Greene Repeal Association[2][3][4]
1852, 26 July Ind. Irish[2][5][6] William Shee Ind. Irish[2][5]
1857, 13 April Leopold Agar-Ellis Whig[7]
1859, 20 May Liberal[2] Liberal[2]
1865, 24 July George Leopold Bryan Liberal[2]
1874, 10 February Home Rule League[2] Patrick Martin Home Rule League[2]
1880, 15 April Edward Marum Parnellite Home Rule League[2]
1885 Constituency abolished: see North Kilkenny and South Kilkenny

Elections

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Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1830: County Kilkenny[2][1][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig John Ponsonby Unopposed
Whig John Butler Unopposed
Registered electors 1,078
Whig hold
Whig hold

Ponsonby was appointed as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 28 February 1831: County Kilkenny[2][1][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig John Ponsonby 336 55.5
Irish Repeal Pierce Butler 269 44.5
Majority 67 11.0
Turnout 605 c. 53.1
Registered electors c. 1,139
Whig hold
General election 1831: County Kilkenny[2][1][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig John Ponsonby Unopposed
Whig John Butler Unopposed
Registered electors 1,139
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1832: County Kilkenny[2][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Irish Repeal Pierce Butler Unopposed
Irish Repeal William Francis Finn Unopposed
Registered electors 1,246
Irish Repeal gain from Whig
Irish Repeal gain from Whig
General election 1835: County Kilkenny[2][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Irish Repeal (Whig) Pierce Butler Unopposed
Irish Repeal (Whig) William Francis Finn Unopposed
Registered electors 1,262
Irish Repeal hold
Irish Repeal hold
General election 1837: County Kilkenny[2][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Irish Repeal (Whig) Pierce Butler Unopposed
Whig George Bryan Unopposed
Registered electors 1,726
Irish Repeal hold
Whig gain from Irish Repeal

Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: County Kilkenny[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal Pierce Butler Unopposed
Whig George Bryan Unopposed
Registered electors 1,530
Irish Repeal hold
Whig hold

Bryan's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 1 December 1843: County Kilkenny[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal Pierce Somerset Butler Unopposed
Irish Repeal gain from Whig

Pierce Butler's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 29 July 1846: County Kilkenny[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal Richard Smithwicke Unopposed
Irish Repeal hold
General election 1847: County Kilkenny[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal John Greene 277 30.1 N/A
Irish Repeal Pierce Somerset Butler 262 28.5 N/A
Irish Repeal Charles Hely 241 26.2 N/A
Irish Repeal Patrick Richard Welch 139 15.1 N/A
Majority 21 2.3 N/A
Turnout 460 (est) 41.6 (est) N/A
Registered electors 1,107
Irish Repeal hold Swing N/A
Irish Repeal gain from Whig Swing N/A

Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: County Kilkenny[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Irish William Shee 2,622 43.6 New
Independent Irish John Greene 2,537 42.2 +12.1
Conservative James Wandesford Butler 500 8.3 New
Whig Leopold Agar-Ellis 350 5.8 New
Majority 2,037 33.9 N/A
Turnout 3,005 (est) 59.7 (est) +18.1
Registered electors 5,036
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A
General election 1857: County Kilkenny[2][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Leopold Agar-Ellis 2,589 39.5 +33.7
Independent Irish John Greene 1,604 24.5 −17.7
Whig George Charles Mostyn 1,324 20.2 N/A
Whig William Shee 1,036 15.8 −27.8
Turnout 3,277 (est) 64.0 (est) +4.3
Registered electors 5,124
Majority 985 15.0 N/A
Whig gain from Independent Irish Swing +28.2
Majority 280 4.3 −29.6
Independent Irish hold Swing −17.3
General election 1859: County Kilkenny[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Leopold Agar-Ellis 2,483 31.8 −7.7
Liberal John Greene 1,992 25.5 +1.0
Liberal George Henry Moore 1,747 22.4 N/A
Liberal William Shee 1,590 20.4 +4.6
Majority 245 3.1 −11.9
Turnout 3,906 (est) 73.1 (est) +9.1
Registered electors 5,347
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1865: County Kilkenny[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Leopold Bryan 2,913 44.9 N/A
Liberal Leopold Agar-Ellis 2,728 42.0 +10.2
Liberal John Greene 852 13.1 −12.4
Majority 1,876 28.9 +25.8
Turnout 3,247 (est) 63.0 (est) −10.1
Registered electors 5,151
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1868: County Kilkenny[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Leopold Bryan Unopposed
Liberal Leopold Agar-Ellis Unopposed
Registered electors 5,159
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: County Kilkenny[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule George Leopold Bryan 2,603 44.2 New
Home Rule Patrick Martin 2,139 36.3 New
Liberal Leopold Agar-Ellis 1,151 19.5 N/A
Majority 988 16.8 N/A
Turnout 3,522 (est) 66.5 (est) N/A
Registered electors 5,300
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: County Kilkenny[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parnellite Home Rule League Edward Marum 2,707 42.9 −1.3
Home Rule Patrick Martin 2,694 42.7 +6.4
Conservative James Butler 913 14.5 New
Majority 1,781 28.2 +11.4
Turnout 3,620 (est) 73.8 (est) +7.3
Registered electors 4,907
Home Rule hold Swing N/A
Home Rule hold Swing N/A

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 230. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 221–222, 287–288. ISBN 0901714127.
  3. ^ a b "Repeal Association". Dublin Evening Post. 31 August 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ a b "Kilkenny Co. Election". Cork Examiner. 19 July 1847. p. 1. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ a b "The General Election". Staffordshire Advertiser. 31 July 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "The County Election". Kilkenny Journal, and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser. 28 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "The County Election". Kilkenny Journal, and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser. 21 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ a b c "Co. Kilkenny". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  9. ^ "General Intelligence". Coventry Standard. 17 April 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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