County Kilkenny (UK Parliament constituency)

Kilkenny County
Kilkenny County
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Seats	two
Replaced by	North Kilkenny ; South Kilkenny

County Kilkenny parliamentary constituency was a 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 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.

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

Boundaries

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

Members of Parliament

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

Elections

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: County Kilkenny^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Irish	William Shee	2,622	43.6
	Independent Irish	John Greene	2,537	42.2
	Conservative	James Wandesford Butler	500	8.3
	Whig	Leopold Agar-Ellis	350	5.8
Majority			2,037	33.9
Turnout			3,005 (est)	59.7 (est)
Registered electors			5,036
	Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal		Swing
	Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal		Swing

General election 1857: County Kilkenny^[2]^[8]
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

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

General election 1874: County Kilkenny^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	George Leopold Bryan	2,603	44.2	*N/A*
	Home Rule	Patrick Martin	2,139	36.3	*N/A*
	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

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	N/A
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

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

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)
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2 )

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[stookssmith1842-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 230. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via Google Books.

[walker-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.

[dublin1847-3] "Repeal Association". Dublin Evening Post. 31 August 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[cork1847-4] "Kilkenny Co. Election". Cork Examiner. 19 July 1847. p. 1. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[staffs1852-5] "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] "General Intelligence". Coventry Standard. 17 April 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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