Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)

Donegal
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Number of members	Two
Replaced by	East Donegal, North Donegal, South Donegal and West Donegal

Donegal was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs).

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Donegal. In 1885, it was divided into separate constituencies of East Donegal, North Donegal, South Donegal and West Donegal.

Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1801)

Year	First member	Second member
1801	Henry Vaughan Brooke	Viscount Sudley
1802	Sir James Stewart, Bt
1806		Henry Vaughan Brooke
1808		Henry Montgomery
1812		George Vaughan Hart
1818	Earl of Mount Charles
1825	Earl of Mount Charles
1831	Sir Edmund Hayes	Edward Conolly
1849		Thomas Conolly
1860	Viscount Hamilton
1876		William Wilson
1879		Thomas Lea
1880	John Kinnear

• Constituency abolished (1885)

Elections

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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)
• 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 "D" (part 2)