List of Escheators of Ulster

This is a list of the Members of Parliament appointed as Escheator of Ulster, a notional 'office of profit under the crown' which was used at 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]

Substantive holders

  • bef. 1760: John King[1]

Members of the Irish House of Commons

Members of the United Kingdom House of Commons

In 1838, all of the Irish escheatorships were abolished by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.[12]

Notes

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.
  • Beaven, Arthur B. (1881). "Errors in the official return of the Members of the Irish House of Commons". Collectanea Genealogica: 33–41.

See also

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