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List of Escheators of Ulster

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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 escheator was originally responsible for the administration of escheat /ɪsˈt/,[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]

Substantive holders

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  • bef. 1760: John King[3]

Members of the Irish House of Commons

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Members of the United Kingdom House of Commons

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The last holder died in 1822. In 1838, all of the Irish escheatorships were abolished by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.[14]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Escheat". Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  2. ^ Walker, John (1838). A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language. ISBN 9781402171710.
  3. ^ a b Reports from committees, p. 78.
  4. ^ a b c Return of the names..., p. 691.
  5. ^ a b c d Return of the names..., p. 689.
  6. ^ a b Return of the names..., p. 690.
  7. ^ a b Beaven 1881, p. 39.
  8. ^ a b c d e Return of the names..., p. 688.
  9. ^ Beaven 1881, p. 40.
  10. ^ a b Return of the names..., p. 687.
  11. ^ Return of the names..., p. 213.
  12. ^ Return of the names..., p. 227.
  13. ^ Return of the names..., p. 284.
  14. ^ Reports from committees, p. 79.

References

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See also

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