Queen's County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Queen's County | |
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Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | |
Abolished | 1800 |
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Queen's County |
Queen's County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
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) [2]
- 1661–1666 Thomas Pigott and Childley Coote (Coote died and replaced 1661 by Daniel Hutchinson)[2]
1689–1801[]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | ||||||
1692 | ||||||
1695 | ||||||
1703 | ||||||
1713 | Richard FitzPatrick | |||||
1715 | ||||||
1729 | ||||||
1747 | ||||||
1761 | ||||||
1768 | John Dawson[3] | |||||
1776 | Charles Coote | |||||
1779 | ||||||
1783 | Sir John Parnell, 2nd Bt | |||||
1790 | Viscount Moore | |||||
1791 | ||||||
1798 | Charles Coote | |||||
1801 | Superseded by Westminster constituency of Queen's County |
Notes[]
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.
Categories:
- Historic constituencies in County Laois
- Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800