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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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24 December 1832		1,161
Frederick William B Mullins	Irish Repeal	Unopposed
Charles O'Connell	Irish Repeal	Unopposed

24 January 1835		1,002/1,212	82.67
Morgan John O'Connell	Irish Repeal (Whig)	818	81.64
Frederick William B Mullins	Irish Repeal (Whig)	596	59.48
Rt Hon Maurice Fitzgerald, The knight of Kerry	Conservative Party	384	38.32
Thomas Ponsonby	Whig	93	9.28
Majority		212	21.16

12 August 1837		921/1,512	60.91
Morgan John O'Connell	Irish Repeal (Whig)	697	75.68
Arthur Blennerhassett	Conservative Party	546	59.28
Frederick William B Mullins	Irish Repeal (Whig)	498	54.07
Samuel Murray Hickson	Conservative Party	112	12.16
Majority		48	5.21

13 July 1841		1,219/1,523	80.04
Henry William Browne	Whig	751	61.61
Morgan John O'Connell	Irish Repeal	744	61.03
Arthur Blennerhassett	Conservative Party	445	36.51
John Hickson Mahony	Conservative Party	84	6.89
Majority		299	24.53

9 August 1847		1,840
Henry Arthur Herbert	Peelite	Unopposed
Morgan John O'Connell	Irish Repeal	Unopposed

16 July 1852		5,222
Henry Arthur Herbert	Peelite	Unopposed
Valentine Augustus Browne	Whig	Unopposed

31 October 1853 Valentine Browne assumes the courtesy title of Viscount Castlerosse on his father's succession to the Peerage as the 3rd Earl of Kenmare.

1856 Resignation of Viscount Castlerosse on appointment as Comptroller of the Household.

9 August 1856
Valentine Augustus Browne, Viscount Castlerosse	Whig	Unopposed

7 April 1857		5,427
Henry Arthur Herbert	Peelite	Unopposed
Valentine Augustus Browne, Viscount Castlerosse	Whig	Unopposed

27 May 1857 Resignation of Henry Herbert on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland.

9 June 1857
Rt Hon Henry Arthur Herbert	Peelite	Unopposed

10 May 1859		5,278
Rt Hon Henry Arthur Herbert	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Rt Hon Valentine Augustus Browne, Viscount Castlerosse	Liberal Party	Unopposed

1859 Resignation of Rt Hon Viscount Castlerosse on appointment as Treasurer of the Household.

5 July 1859
Rt Hon Valentine Augustus Browne, Viscount Castlerosse	Liberal Party	Unopposed

17 July 1865		5,415
Rt Hon Henry Arthur Herbert	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Rt Hon Valentine Augustus Browne, Viscount Castlerosse	Liberal Party	Unopposed

26 February 1866 Death of Rt Hon Henry Herbert.

16 March 1866
Henry Arthur Herbert	Liberal Party	Unopposed

20 November 1868		5,506
Rt Hon Valentine Augustus Browne, Viscount Castlerosse	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Henry Arthur Herbert	Liberal Party	Unopposed

December 1868 Resignation of Rt Hon Viscount Castlerosse on appointment as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household.

7 January 1869
Rt Hon Valentine Augustus Browne, Viscount Castlerosse	Liberal Party	Unopposed

26 December 1871 Succession of Rt Hon Viscount Castlerosse to the Peerage - 4th Earl of Kenmare.

6 February 1872		3,635/5,450	66.70
Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett	Home Rule	2,237	61.54
James Arthur Dease	Liberal Party	1,398	38.46
Majority		839	23.08

2 February 1874		5,484
Henry Arthur Herbert	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett	Home Rule	Unopposed

3 April 1880		5,326
Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett	Home Rule	Unopposed
Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, Bt	Home Rule	Unopposed