Enniskillen was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland (now in Northern Ireland, which remains part of the United Kingdom), returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.

Boundaries This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Enniskillen in County Fermanagh.

Members of Parliament ElectionMemberPartyNote 1 January 1801 Hon. Arthur Cole Hamilton Tory 1801: Co-opted 31 July 1802 Rt Hon. John Beresford Tory Also returned by and elected to sit for County Waterford 24 December 1802 William Burroughs Tory Appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court in Bengal 14 March 1806 John King Tory Resigned 3 July 1806 William Fremantle Tory 20 November 1806 Nathaniel Sneyd Tory Also returned by and elected to sit for Cavan 14 January 1807 Richard Henry Alexander Bennet Tory 14 May 1807 Charles Pochin Tory 26 October 1812 Richard Magenis Tory Resigned 11 February 1828 Hon. Arthur Henry Cole Tory Re-elected as a Conservative candidate December 1834 Conservative Resigned 18 June 1844 Hon. Henry Cole Conservative Resigned 12 April 1851 James Whiteside Conservative Resigned to contest Dublin University 21 February 1859 Hon. John Lowry Cole Conservative 18 November 1868 Viscount Crichton Conservative 2 April 1880 Viscount Cole Conservative Last MP for the constituency1885 Constituency abolished

Elections Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Cole resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s Cole resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

Whiteside was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

Whiteside was appointed Attorney-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

In order to contest the 1859 by-election in the Dublin University, Whiteside resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Hempholme, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Crichton was appointed a lord of the Treasury, causing a by-election.

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)