King's County (UK Parliament constituency)

King's County was a parliamentary constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

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in Ireland

Ireland

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, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. It return two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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(MPs) 1801–1885 and one in 1918–1922.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of King's County

County Offaly

County Offaly is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe and was formerly known as King's County until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. Offaly County Council is...

now known as County Offaly

County Offaly

MPs 1801–1885

Election	\|2nd Member	2nd Party
1801, 1 January		Sir Lawrence Parsons Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse Lawrence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse , known as Sir Lawrence Parsons, Bt, from 1791 to 1807, was an Irish peer.... , later Earl of Rosse	Denis Bowes Daly Denis Bowes Daly Denis Bowes Daly PC , was an Irish politician.Daly was the eldest son of Hyacynth Daly of Dalystown, and his cousion Rose Daly of Raford, both of County Galway. He was brought into the Irish parliament by his cousion, Denis Daly of Dunsandle, where he served from 1776 to 1801...
1802, 22 July			Thomas Bernard Thomas Bernard (Irish politician) Thomas Bernard was an Irish politician.He was elected at the 1802 general election as a Member of Parliament for King's County , and held the seat until 1833.-References:...
1807, 22 May		Hardress Lloyd
1818, 30 June		John Clere Parsons
1821, 30 July		William Parsons, Baron Oxmantown William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, Knight of the Order of St Patrick was an Irish astronomer who had several telescopes built. His 72-inch telescope "Leviathan", built 1845, was the world's largest telescope until the early 20th century.-Life:He was born in Yorkshire, England, in the city of... , later Earl of Rosse
1833, 1 January			Nicholas Fitzsimon
1835, 16 January		John Craven Westenra	Nicholas Fitzsimon
1841, 24 February		John Craven Westenra	Sir Andrew Armstrong Andrew Armstrong Sir Andrew Armstrong, 1st Baronet DL was an Irish baronet and politician.Born at Gallen Priory in County Offaly, he was the son of Edmund Armstrong and his wife Elizabeth, third daughter of Frederick Trench and sister of Frederick Trench, 1st Baron Ashtown.He served as captain in the King's County...
1852, 26 July		Sir Patrick O'Brien, Bt. Sir Patrick O'Brien, 2nd Baronet Sir Patrick O'Brien, 2nd Baronet was an Irish politician.He was elected in 1852 as a Member of Parliament for King's County , and held the seat until the constituency was divided at the 1885 general election....	Loftus Henry Bland
1859, 19 May			John Pope Hennessy John Pope Hennessy Sir John Pope Hennessy, KCMG , was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator who served as the eighth Governor of Hong Kong.-Early life:...
1865, 24 July			John Gilbert King
1868, 23 November			David Sherlock
1880, 13 April			Bernard Charles Molloy
1885 Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalise representation across...	Constituency divided: see King's County Birr King's County Birr (UK Parliament constituency) Birr, a division of King's County, was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1918.Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the King's County constituency.-Boundaries:This... and King's County Tullamore King's County Tullamore (UK Parliament constituency) Tullamore, a division of King's County, was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1918.Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the King's County constituency.-Boundaries:This...

MPs 1918–1922

Year		Member	Party
	1918	Patrick McCartan Patrick McCartan Patrick McCartan was an Irish republican and politician. He was born in Eskerbuoy, near Carrickmore, County Tyrone to Bernard McCartan and Bridget Rafferty. He emigrated to the USA as a young man and became a member of Clan na Gael in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and edited the journal Irish Freedom...	Sinn Féin Sinn Féin Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...
	1922	Constituency abolished

Elections

Note: Registered electors 3,208. Turnout estimated by dividing votes cast by 2. This will underestimate turnout to the extent that electors only used one of their two possible votes.

Constituency abolished 1885 and re-created as a single member constituency 1918

Constituency abolished 1922

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