Philipstown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Philipstown
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	()
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Philipstown in King's County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Members of Parliament

Parliament of Charles II

1661-1666 Dudley Colley

1692–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1692	Peter Purefoy	Duke Giffard
1695	Robert Peppard
1698	John Lovett
1703	George Monck	John Moore
November 1713	John Forster	James Peppard
1713	William Purefoy	James Peppard
1715	William Tichborne	James Forth
1717	William Molesworth	James Forth
1727		Robert Adair
1737		Boleyn Whitney
1759		George Rochfort, Viscount Belfield
May 1761	Robert Rochford	George Rochfort, Viscount Belfield
1761		Duke Tyrrell
1768		Richard Rochfort-Mervyn
1769	Duke Tyrrell	Richard Rochfort-Mervyn
1776	John Handcock	Hugh Carleton
1783	John Toler	Henry Cope
1790	William Sankey	Arthur O'Connor
1795	William Sankey	John Longfield
1798	Francis Knox	Robert Crowe
1800	Robert Johnston	James Mahon
1801	Constituency disenfranchised

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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