King's County (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained

King's County
Type:	county
County:	King's County
Region:	Ireland
Parliament:	ihc
Abolished:	1801
Seats:	2
Next:	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

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					Owen Carrol
1692					Sir William Parsons <	-- at this time knight -->^[4]	<	-- party -->
1707					Sir William Parsons <		<
1713
1715						<	-- party -->
1727						<
1741						<	-- party -->
1748			<			<	-- party -->
1757			<			<	-- party -->
1768
1790			<				-- party -->
1791			<			Patriot
1801	Replaced by Westminster constituency King's County

Notes

Notes and References

Book: Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. 622.
Book: Kearney, Hugh. Strafford in Ireland 1633-1641: A Study in Absolutism. 232.
Web site: A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641 . TARA - Trinity College Dublin . Brid . McGrath . 1998 . 30 May 2020 .
from 1698 Sir William Parsons, 2nd Bt