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Drogheda (UK Parliament Constituency)
Drogheda was a parliamentary borough constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Act of Union 1800, Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801, replacing the Drogheda (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Drogheda constituency in the Irish House of Commons. Boundaries This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Drogheda in County Louth. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 1830s North's death caused a by-election. * Stooks Smith gives the poll as 237 for O'Dwyer and 12 for Ball, but Walker's numbers have been used above. On petition, O'Dwyer was unseated for "want of qualification", causing a by-election. * Stooks Smith gives the poll as 313 for O'Dwyer a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drogheda
Drogheda ( , ; , meaning "bridge at the ford") is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, north of Dublin. It is located on the Dublin–Belfast corridor on the east coast of Ireland, mostly in County Louth but with the south fringes of the town in County Meath, north of Dublin city centre. Drogheda had a population of 44,135 inhabitants in 2022, making it the List of settlements on the island of Ireland by population, eleventh largest settlement by population in all of Ireland, and the largest town in Ireland, by both population and area. It is the second largest in County Louth with 35,990 and sixth largest in County Meath with 8,145. It is the last bridging point on the River Boyne before it enters the Irish Sea. The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Newgrange is located west of the town. Area Drogheda was founded as two separately administered towns in two different territories: Drogheda-in-Kingdom of Meath, Meath (i.e. the Lordship of Mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tories (British Political Party)
The Tories were a loosely organised political faction and later a political party, in the Parliaments of Parliament of England, England, Parliament of Scotland, Scotland, Parliament of Ireland, Ireland, Parliament of Great Britain, Great Britain and the Parliament of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom. They first emerged during the 1679 Exclusion Crisis, when they opposed Whigs (British political party), Whig efforts to exclude James II of England, James, Duke of York from the succession on the grounds of his Catholic Church, Catholicism. Despite their fervent opposition to state-sponsored Catholicism, Tories opposed his exclusion because of their belief that inheritance based on birth was the foundation of a stable society. After the succession of George I of Great Britain, George I in 1714, the Tories had no part in government and ceased to exist as an organised political entity in the early 1760s (although the term continued to be used in subsequent years as a term of self-d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Henry North
John Henry North (c. 1788 – 29 September 1831) was an Irish barrister, judge and Canningite Tory Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom Parliament. Early life The son of Richard North and Lucinda North (née Gouldsbury) of Tyrrellspass, County Westmeath. His father was a military officer who died while he was still young. After his father's death, John Henry North was educated by his maternal uncle, the Revd John Henry Gouldsbury and at Trinity College, Dublin where he achieved great academic success. He was called to the Irish Bar (King's Inns) in 1809. He took silk in 1824. On 2 December 1818 he married Letitia Foster, daughter of William Foster, Bishop of Clogher and niece of John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel. From 1818 until his death, his home in Dublin was 31 Merrion Square, South. Career In 1815, North came to public attention as the barrister defending the proprietor of the ''Dublin Evening Post'' in a libel trial in which the freedom of the press was quest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1830 United Kingdom General Election
The 1830 United Kingdom general election was held on 29 July 1830 to 1 September 1830 in the wake of the death of King George IV, producing the first parliament of the reign of his successor, King William IV. The fractured Tories (British political party), Tory party under the Duke of Wellington paved the way for Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Earl Grey to form a government, which would go on to take the issue of Reform Act 1832, electoral reform 1831 United Kingdom general election, the following year. The eighth United Kingdom Parliament was dissolved on 24 July 1830. The new Parliament was summoned to meet on 14 September 1830, for a maximum seven-year term from that date. The maximum term could be and normally was curtailed, by the monarch dissolving the Parliament, before its term expired. This election was the first since 1708 British general election, 1708 to cause the collapse of the government.B. Hilton, ''A Mad, Bad and Dangerous People?'' Political situation The Tory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Van Homrigh
Peter Van Homrigh (1768 – 5 March 1831) was an Irish politician in the 19th century. He was elected member of parliament for Drogheda in County Louth in the 1826 general election. Family Van Homrigh was of Dutch descent, believed to be descended from Bartholomew Van Homrigh, who was Lord Mayor of Dublin The Lord Mayor of Dublin () is the honorary title of the chairperson ( ) of Dublin City Council which is the local government body for the city of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. The incumbent, since December 2024, is Fine Gael councillor Emma ... and twice MP for Londonderry City in William III's Irish Parliaments. References See also * List of MPs elected in the 1826 United Kingdom general election {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Homrigh, Peter 1768 births 1831 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin People from Drogheda English people of Dutch descent Irish people of Dutch descent 19th-century Irish politicians Tory MPs (pre-1834) Members of the Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1826 United Kingdom General Election
The 1826 United Kingdom general election was the 7th general election after the Acts of Union 1800, held on 7 June 1826 to 12 July 1826, to elect members of the House of Commons, the lower house of Parliament. It saw the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool win a landslide victory over the Whigs. In Ireland, liberal Protestant candidates favouring Catholic emancipation, backed by the Catholic Association, achieved significant gains. The seventh United Kingdom Parliament was dissolved on 2 June 1826. The new Parliament was summoned to meet on 25 July 1826, for a maximum seven-year term from that date. The maximum term could be and normally was curtailed, by the monarch dissolving the Parliament, before its term expired. As of 2024, the Earl of Liverpool remains the most recent prime minister to have won four successive elections. Political situation The Tory leader was the Earl of Liverpool, who had been prime minister since his predecessor's assassination in 1812. Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Meade Smyth
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1822 Drogheda By-election
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Henry Metcalfe (MP)
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1820 United Kingdom General Election
The 1820 United Kingdom general election was held on 6 March 1820 to 14 April 1820, to elect members of the House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of ..., the lower house of Parliament of the United Kingdom, Parliament. Triggered by the death of King George III, it produced the first parliament of the reign of his successor, King George IV. It was held shortly after the Radical War in Scotland and the Cato Street Conspiracy. In this atmosphere, the Tories (British political party), Tories under the Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Earl of Liverpool were able to win a substantial majority over the Whigs (British political party), Whigs. The sixth United Kingdom Parliament was Dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, dissolved on 29 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1812 United Kingdom General Election
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Google Books
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