UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 10 February 1797

Died: 20 October 1883

Earl of Belfast - 1799

3rd Marquess of Donegall - 5 October 1844

1 July 1818	Carrickfergus	Tory	Unopposed
1819 Resignation of the Earl of Belfast on accepting a commission in the army.
17 March 1819	Carrickfergus	Tory	Unopposed
16 March 1820	Belfast	Tory	Unopposed
15 June 1826	Belfast	Tory	Unopposed
13 August 1830	Antrim County	Tory	719	58.22
21 May 1831	Antrim County	Whig	Unopposed
2 January 1833	Antrim County	Whig	1,654	54.66
15 January 1835	Antrim County	Whig	Unopposed
5 August 1837	Belfast	Whig	922	50.22
8 March 1838 Petition - James Gibson and the Earl of Belfast were unseated, and James Tennent and George Dunbar were declared elected.
10 July 1841	Belfast	Whig	821	46.97