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King's County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

King's County
Former county constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyKing's County
 () ( ())–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byKing's County (UKHC)

King's County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. The county was renamed as County Offaly after Irish independence.

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 Heward Oxburgh Owen Carrol
1692 Sir Francis Blundell, 3rd Bt Sir William Parsons [4]
1707 William Purefoy
1713 James Forth John Moore
1715 William Purefoy Sir William Parsons, 2nd Bt
1727 Colley Lyons
1741 Trevor Lloyd Sir Laurence Parsons, 3rd Bt
1748 Henry Lyons
1757 Sir William Parsons, 4th Bt
1768 John Lloyd
1790 Denis Bowes Daly
1791 Sir Laurence Parsons, 5th Bt Patriot
1801 Replaced by Westminster constituency King's County

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 622.
  2. ^ Kearney, Hugh. Strafford in Ireland 1633-1641: A Study in Absolutism. p. 232.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ from 1698 Sir William Parsons, 2nd Bt

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