List of Escheators of Leinster

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This is a list of appointments as Escheator of Leinster, a notional 'office of profit under the crown' which was used three times to resign from the Irish House of Commons.

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.[1] The first holder was Nicholas Kenny, who had been escheator-general of Ireland.[2]

Substantive holders[]

  • 1605: Nicholas Kenny[2]
  • 9 February 1644: Sir Maurice Eustace
  • Patrick Tallant (d. 1663?)
  • 1663: Frances Lye
  • in 1739: Lewis Meares
  • 1752: George Meares[1]

Members of the Irish House of Commons[]

After the Acts of Union 1800, the office was retained as a sinecure, with occasional legal duties. Walter Glascock was appointed about 1801, and his appointment renewed by letters patent in 1830, 1837, and 1838. In the latter year, however, all of the Irish escheatorships were abolished by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.[5][6]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Reports from committees, p. 78.
  2. ^ a b Erck 1846, p. 240.
  3. ^ Return of the names..., p. 690.
  4. ^ a b Return of the names..., p. 669.
  5. ^ Reports from committees, p. 79.
  6. ^ House of Commons Papers 1841, p. 21.

References[]

  • House of Commons Papers. Vol. 2. 1841.
  • 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.
  • Beaven, Arthur B. (1881). "Errors in the official return of the Members of the Irish House of Commons". Collectanea Genealogica: 33–41.
  • Erck, John Caillard, ed. (1846). A repertory of the inrolments on the patent rolls of Chancery in Ireland. Vol. Part 1.

See also[]

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