List of Escheators of Connaught
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
Members of the Irish House of Commons
- 1693: Robert Saunders (Cavan)[4]
- 1742: St John Bowden (substantive officer)[3]
- 1799: Hon. Charles Knox (Dungannon)[5]
In 1838, all of the Irish escheatorships were abolished by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.[6]
Notes
- ^ "Escheat". Retrieved 2 November 2011.
- ISBN 9781402171710.
- ^ a b Reports from committees, p. 78.
- ^ E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. VI, p. 244.
- ^ Return of the names..., p. 669.
- ^ Reports from committees, p. 79.
References
- Reports from committees. Vol. 12. 1894.
- Parliament Commons, Lists (1879). Return of the names of every Member returned to serve in each Parliament. Vol. Part II.
See also
- Escheator
- Resignation from the British House of Commons