King's County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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King's County
Former county constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
County King's County
Province Leinster
Former constituency
Created ()
Abolished1800
Seats2
Replaced by King's County

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.

Contents

Members of Parliament

1689–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond 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
1801Replaced by Westminster constituency King's County

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 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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