County Wicklow was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
At the 1885 general election, under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, County Wicklow was divided into two parliamentary divisions: East Wicklow and West Wicklow.
Boundaries This constituency comprised the whole of County Wicklow.
Members of Parliament Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party 1801 William Hoare Hume vacant until the by-election held in Jan 1801 Jan 1801 George Ponsonby Whig 1806 William Tighe Feb 1816 Hon. Granville Proby Whig Apr 1816 George Ponsonby Whig Aug 1817 William Parnell-Hayes 1821 James Grattan Whig Jul 1829 Sir Ralph Howard, Bt Whig 1841 William Acton Conservative 1847 Viscount Milton Whig Apr 1848 Sir Ralph Howard, Bt Whig 1852 William Wentworth FitzWilliam Dick Conservative Feb 1858 Lord Proby Whig 1859 Liberal Nov 1868 Hon. Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam Liberal 1874 William Richard O'Byrne Home Rule League 1880William Joseph Corbet James Carlile McCoan 1881 Independent 1885Constituency divided: see East Wicklow and West Wicklow
Elections Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Acton resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Wentworth-FitzWilliam succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th Earl FitzWilliam, causing a by-election.
Proby was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
References
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)