King's County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| King's County | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | King's County |
| –1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | King'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[edit]
- 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
- 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.