King's County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| King's County | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Replaced by | King's County |
King's County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It corresponds with the modern County Offaly.
Members of Parliament
- 1585 Sir George Bouchier and Henry Waring [1]
- 1613–1615 Adam Loftus and Sir Francis Rushe [1]
- 1634–1635 Sir William Colley and Terence Coghlan [2]
- 1639–1649 John Coughlan and Sir William Parsons of Birr [3]
- 1661–1666 John Weaver and Henry Lestrange [1]
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Heward Oxburgh | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Owen Carrol | ||
| 1692 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Francis Blundell, 3rd Bt | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir William Parsons [4] | ||
| 1707 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Purefoy | ||||
| 1713 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Forth | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Moore | ||
| 1715 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Purefoy | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir William Parsons, 2nd Bt | ||
| 1727 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Colley Lyons | ||||
| 1741 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Trevor Lloyd | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Laurence Parsons, 3rd Bt | ||
| 1748 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Lyons | ||||
| 1757 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir William Parsons, 4th Bt | ||||
| 1768 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Lloyd | ||||
| 1790 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Denis Bowes Daly | ||||
| 1791 | style="background-color: Template:Irish Patriot Party/meta/color" | | Sir Laurence Parsons, 5th Bt | Patriot | |||
| 1801 | Replaced by Westminster constituency King's County | |||||
Notes
- ^ a b c Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 622.
- ^ Kearney, Hugh. Strafford in Ireland 1633-1641: A Study in Absolutism. p. 232.
- ^ McGrath, Brid (1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641". TARA - Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ from 1698 Sir William Parsons, 2nd Bt
References
- 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.