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List of Escheators of Connaught

List of Escheators of Connaught

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This is a list of the Members of Parliament appointed as Escheator of Connaught, a notional 'office of profit under the crown' which was used to resign from the Irish House of Commons.

The escheator was originally responsible for the administration of escheat /ɪsˈtʃiːt/,[1][2] a common law doctrine that transfers the real property of a person who has died without heirs to the crown or state.

The office was formerly substantive. It was founded in 1605, when the escheatorship for Ireland was divided among the provinces of Connaught, Leinster, Munster, and Ulster.[3]

Members of the Irish House of Commons

In 1838, all of the Irish escheatorships were abolished by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.[6]

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Escheat". Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  2. [2]
    Walker, John (1838). A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language. ISBN 9781402171710.
  3. [3]
    Reports from committees, p. 78.
  4. [4]
    E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. VI, p. 244.
  5. [5]
    Return of the names..., p. 669.
  6. [6]
    Reports from committees, p. 79.

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