New Ross (UK Parliament constituency)
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| New Ross Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1801 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | One |
New Ross was a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP). It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.
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This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of New Ross in County Wexford.
The use of roman numerals, in brackets, is to distinguish between two MPs with the same name. It is not suggested that the men were known in that way, during their lifetimes.
- 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)
Categories: Incomplete lists | Politics of County Wexford | Westminster constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic) | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1801 | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1885 | Historic Westminster constituency in Ireland stubs