King's County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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 1613–1615: Adam Loftus and Sir Francis Rushe 1634–1635: Sir William Colley and Terence Coghlan 1639–1649: John Coughlan and Sir William Parsons of Birr 1661–1666: John Weaver and Henry Lestrange

1689–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 Heward Oxburgh Owen Carrol 1692 Sir Francis Blundell, 3rd Bt Sir William Parsons from 1698 Sir William Parsons, 2nd Bt 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 1801 Replaced by Westminster constituency King's County

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