William Congreve Alcock

William Congreve Alcock (c. 1771 – 4 September 1813)[1][2] was an Irish parliamentarian from Waterford.

Alcock was educated at Trinity College Dublin.[3] He was elected at the 1798 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for both Waterford City and for Enniscorthy, but chose to sit for Waterford.[2]

The Acts of Union 1800 abolished the Parliament of Ireland, and Ireland was allocated 100 seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom at Westminster. Waterford was one of the 31 boroughs which were selected to retain parliamentary representation, and a ballot was held to choose which of each borough's MPs should be co-opted as the initial holder of the single seat which would be allocated to them in the new parliament. Alcock was chosen by ballot as Waterford's first Westminster MP, in preference to his colleague Robert Shapland Carew.[2]

At the general election in 1802, Alcock was re-elected for Waterford.[4] He had beaten Sir John Newport by 471 votes to 470,[5] but an election petition was lodged. The petition was upheld, and on 1 December 1803 Alcock was unseated and Newport declared elected.[5][6]

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References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
  2. Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
  3. "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p7: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  4. "No. 15511". The London Gazette. 31 August 1802. p. 931.
  5. Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1801–1922. A New History of Ireland. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 317. ISBN 0901714127. ISSN 0332-0286.
  6. "No. 15654". The London Gazette. 8 December 1803. p. 1729.


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