Queen's County (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained
Queen's County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. The county was known as County Laois from 1922.
Members of Parliament
- 1585 Warham St Leger and Robert Harpole[1]
- 1613–1615 Sir Robert Pigott and Sir Henry Power[1]
- 1634–1635 John Pigott and Sir Piers Crosby[1]
- 1639–1649 John Pigott (died and replaced in 1646 by Francis Barrington) and Sir Charles Coote, 1st Baronet (Coote died and replaced 1642 by George Graham. Graham died and replaced 1642 by Terence McGrath. Mcgrath died and replaced 1646 by Gilbert Rawson)
- 1661–1666 Thomas Pigott and Childley Coote (Coote died and replaced 1661 by Daniel Hutchinson)[2]
1689–1801
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| 1790 | | | |
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| 1801 | | Superseded by Westminster constituency of Queen's County | |
Notes
Notes and References
- A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641. Bríd. McGrath. 29 May 1998. Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. thesis. www.tara.tcd.ie.
- Book: Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. 630.
- from 1770 Hon. John Dawson
