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

1613 Adam Loftus
1613 Sir Francis Rushe

1692–1801

Election		First member	Second member	Second party
1692		Sir Francis Blundell, 3rd Bt	Sir William Parsons ^[1]
1707		William Purefoy	Sir William Parsons ^[1]
1713		James Forth	John Moore
1715		William Purefoy	Sir William Parsons, 2nd Bt
1727		Colley Lyons	Sir William Parsons, 2nd Bt
1741		Trevor Lloyd	Sir Laurence Parsons, 3rd Bt
1748		Henry Lyons	Sir Laurence Parsons, 3rd Bt
1757		Henry Lyons	Sir William Parsons, 4th Bt
1768		John Lloyd
1790		Denis Bowes Daly
1791		Denis Bowes Daly	Sir Laurence Parsons, 5th Bt	Patriot
1801	Replaced by Westminster constituency King's County

Notes

↑ 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.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Offaly

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Banagher (1629–1800) King's County (????–1800) Philipstown (1571–1800) Portarlington (1668–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	King's County (1801–85) Portarlington (1801–85) Birr (1885–1918) Tullamore (1885–1918) King's County (1918–22)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Laois–Offaly (1921–2016) Offaly (2016–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) East (2004–14) Midlands–North-West (2014–)

Irish counties: Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

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