List of Escheators of Munster
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This is a list of the Members of Parliament appointed as Escheator of Munster
, a notional 'office of profit under the crown' which was used to resign from the Irish House of Commons, and after the Union, that of the United Kingdom
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Resignation from the British House of Commons
Members of Parliament sitting in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are technically forbidden to resign. To circumvent this prohibition, a legal fiction is used...
, a notional 'office of profit under the crown' which was used to resign from the Irish House of Commons, and after the Union, that of the United Kingdom
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
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- February 1801: Francis Leigh (Wexford BoroughWexford Borough (UK Parliament constituency)Wexford Borough was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament . It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801....
) - February 1801: St George DalySt George DalySt George Daly was an Irish lawyer.He was a son of James Daly MP, of Carrownakelly and Dunsandle, by his second wife Catherine, daughter of Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet...
(Galway BoroughGalway Borough (UK Parliament constituency)Galway Borough was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland. It returned one MP 1801–1832, two MPs 1832–1885 and one thereafter. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.-Boundaries:This...
) - July 1801: Francis Aldborough Prittie (Carlow BoroughCarlow Borough (UK Parliament constituency)Carlow Borough was a Parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
) - December 1802: Henry Parnell (PortarlingtonPortarlington (UK Parliament constituency)Portarlington was a rotten borough and is a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801....
) - August 1803: William HandcockWilliam Handcock, 1st Viscount CastlemaineWilliam Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine, PC was an Irish MP and supporter of Union with Great Britain....
(AthloneAthlone (UK Parliament constituency)Athlone was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1801 to 1885 returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.-Boundaries:...
) - June 1805: Denis Bowes DalyDenis Bowes DalyDenis Bowes Daly PC , was an Irish politician.Daly was the eldest son of Hyacynth Daly of Dalystown, and his cousion Rose Daly of Raford, both of County Galway. He was brought into the Irish parliament by his cousion, Denis Daly of Dunsandle, where he served from 1776 to 1801...
(Galway BoroughGalway Borough (UK Parliament constituency)Galway Borough was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland. It returned one MP 1801–1832, two MPs 1832–1885 and one thereafter. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.-Boundaries:This...
) - July 1806: Owen Wynne (Sligo BoroughSligo Borough (UK Parliament constituency)Sligo Borough is a former borough constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801, and returned one Member of...
) - January 1807: John Metge (DundalkDundalk (UK Parliament constituency)Dundalk was a parliamentary borough constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
) - February 1808: James Fitzgerald (EnnisEnnis (UK Parliament constituency)Ennis is a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.-Members of Parliament:Notes:-...
) - February 1808: William Smyth (WestmeathWestmeath (UK Parliament constituency)Westmeath is a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament 1801–1885 and one in 1918–1922.-Boundaries:This constituency comprised the whole of County Westmeath, except for the Parliamentary borough of Athlone 1801–1885....
) - July 1808: Francis Nathaniel BurtonFrancis Nathaniel BurtonSir Francis Nathaniel Burton was a British colonial administrator in Lower Canada and Irish politician....
(ClareClare (UK Parliament constituency)Clare was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....
) - April 1809: Quinton Dick (CashelCashel (UK Parliament constituency)Cashel is a former British Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801....
) - March 1811: James DalyJames Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and ClanconalJames Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal was an Irish politician.-Background:Daly was the eldest son of Denis Daly and Lady Henrietta, daughter of Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham. The Right Reverend Robert Daly was his younger brother.-Political career:Daly was elected Member of...
(Galway BoroughGalway Borough (UK Parliament constituency)Galway Borough was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland. It returned one MP 1801–1832, two MPs 1832–1885 and one thereafter. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.-Boundaries:This...
) - June 1811: John Claudius BeresfordJohn Claudius BeresfordJohn Claudius Beresford was a Tory UK Member of Parliament representing Dublin City 1801–1804 and County Waterford 1806–1811.-Early life:...
(County Waterford) - May 1812: Francis Savage (DownDown (UK Parliament constituency)Down was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland. It was a two member constituency and existed in two periods, 1801-1885 and 1922-1950.-Boundaries:1801-1885: The whole of County Down, excluding the Boroughs of Downpatrick and Newry....
) - December 1812: John Metge (DundalkDundalk (UK Parliament constituency)Dundalk was a parliamentary borough constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
) - December 1812: James Fitzgerald (EnnisEnnis (UK Parliament constituency)Ennis is a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.-Members of Parliament:Notes:-...
) - May 1814: Overington Blunden (Kilkenny CityKilkenny City (UK Parliament constituency)Kilkenny City was an Irish Borough constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament...
) - July 1814: John Fish (Wexford BoroughWexford Borough (UK Parliament constituency)Wexford Borough was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament . It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801....
) - March 1815: Joshua Spencer (Sligo BoroughSligo Borough (UK Parliament constituency)Sligo Borough is a former borough constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801, and returned one Member of...
) - July 1815: George AbercrombyGeorge Abercromby, 2nd Baron AbercrombyGeorge Abercromby, 2nd Baron Abercromby was a Scottish lawyer, politician and peer. The eldest son of Lt.-Gen. Sir Ralph Abercromby and Mary Abercromby, 1st Baroness Abercromby, he became, like his grandfather, a lawyer, and was called to the Bar in 1794...
(Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shireClackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire were constituencies of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918....
) - May 1820: John McClintock (AthloneAthlone (UK Parliament constituency)Athlone was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1801 to 1885 returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.-Boundaries:...
) - June 1820: Sir Ross Mahon, Bt. (EnnisEnnis (UK Parliament constituency)Ennis is a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.-Members of Parliament:Notes:-...
) - June 1820: John Metge (DundalkDundalk (UK Parliament constituency)Dundalk was a parliamentary borough constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
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