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Escheator Of Munster
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. The escheator was originally responsible for the administration of escheat , 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. Substantive holders *1746: William Austen Members of the Irish House of Commons * 1794: Marcus Beresford ( St Canice) * 1794: Thomas Taylour, Viscount Headfort ( Longford Borough) * 1794: Hon. John Knox (Dungannon) * 1795: Richard Boyle Townsend ( Dingle) * 1795: George FitzGerald Hill (Coleraine) * 1795: John Richardson ( Newtown Limavady) * 1795: Arthur O'Connor ( Philipstown ...
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Resignation From The British House Of Commons
Members of Parliament (MPs) sitting in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are not permitted to resign their seats. To circumvent this prohibition, MPs who wish to step down are instead appointed to an "office of profit under the Crown", which disqualifies them from sitting in Parliament. For this purpose, a legal fiction is maintained where two unpaid offices are considered to be offices of profit: Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds, and Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead. Although the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 lists hundreds of offices that are disqualifying, it is rare for an MP to be nominated to a legitimate office of profit; no MP lost his or her seat by being appointed to an actual office between 1981, when Thomas Williams became a judge, and 2022, when Rosie Cooper became the chair of an NHS foundation trust. Offices used for disqualification Members of Parliament (MPs) wishing to give up their seats before the next genera ...
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Dingle (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Dingle was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. Boundaries and Boundary Changes This constituency was based in the town of Dingle in County Kerry. History It was incorporated by charter in 1607 with a Provost, 12 Burgesses and 150 freemen two resident. It had a corporation, and the electorate consisted of 13 burgesses and 150 freemen. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Dingle was represented with two members. Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised. Members of Parliament, 1585–1801 *1585 Thomas Trant and James Trant *1613–1615 Thomas Trant FitzRichard and Michael Hussey *1634–1635 Dominick Rice and James Rice *1639–1649 Sir George Blundell, 2nd Baronet Sir George Blundell, 2nd Baronet (died 1675) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Blundell was the son of Sir Francis Blundell, 1st Baronet and Joyce Serjeant, and on 26 April 1625 he succeeded to his father's baron ...
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Francis Mathew, 2nd Earl Landaff
Francis James Mathew, 2nd Earl Landaff Order of St Patrick, KP (20 January 1768 – 12 March 1833), styled The Honourable Francis Mathew from 1783 to 1797 and Viscount Mathew from 1797 to 1806, was an Irish peer and politician. Mathew sat for Tipperary (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Tipperary in the Irish House of Commons from 1790 to 1792, when his election was declared invalid. He represented Callan (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Callan between May and November 1796 and subsequently again Tipperary in the Irish House of Commons until the Act of Union, 1800, Act of Union in 1800 and then the United Kingdom House of Commons from 1801 until he succeeded his father in the earldom in 1806. His younger brother Montague James Mathew (1773–1819) succeeded him as one of the two members of the UK parliament for County Tipperary. He was an opponent of the Union and a supporter of Catholic Emancipation, and was also "a personal enemy of George IV of the United Kingdom, Georg ...
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Sir George Jackson, 1st Baronet, Of Fort Hill
Sir George Jackson, 1st Baronet (1770 – 1846) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Jackson was the Member of Parliament for Coleraine in the Irish House of Commons between 1789 and 1796, before representing Randalstown from 1797 until the seat's disenfranchisement under the Acts of Union 1800.E. M. Johnston-Liik''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.98. Retrieved 23 January 2023. On 21 April 1813, he was created a baronet of Fort Hill in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) James I of E .... The title became extinct upon his death in 1846. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, George, 1st Baronet 1770 births 1846 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people 19th-century An ...
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Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley
Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley GCB (20 January 1773 – 27 April 1847) was an Anglo-Irish diplomat and politician. He was the younger brother of the soldier and politician the first Duke of Wellington. He is known particularly for his service as British Ambassador to Spain during the Peninsular War where he acted in cooperation with his brother to gain the support of Cortes of Cádiz. His later postings included being Ambassador in Vienna where he dealt with Metternich and British Ambassador to France during the reign of Louis Philippe I. His career was closely connected with that of his elder brothers Arthur and Richard Wellesley, who served as Foreign Secretary between 1809 and 1812. He became embroiled in a public scandal in 1809 when his wife Charlotte eloped with Henry Paget who as Lord Uxbridge was later to serve as cavalry commander under his brother at the Battle of Waterloo. Background and education Wellesley was the fifth and youngest son of Garret Wellesley, 1 ...
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Trim (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Trim was a constituency and rotten borough in Trim, County Meath, represented in the Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fra ... until 1800. Members of Parliament *1560 John Parker and Patrick Martell *1585 Moses Hamon and Thomas Gwyre *1613–1615 Sir Thomas Ashe and Roger Jones *1634–1635 Robert, Lord Dillon and Valerian Weasley *1639–1649 Robert, Lord Dillon (elevated to peerage and replaced by James Whyte. Whyte died and was replaced 1643 by Thomas Trafford) and Patrick Barnewall of Kilbrew (expelled and replaced 1642 by George Peasley. Peasley died and was replaced 1642 by Thomas Coote) *1661–1666 Sir Thomas Gifford, 1st Baronet (died and replaced 1662 by Henry Whitfield) and Alexander Jephson (Jephson executed July 1663. Replaced 1663 by ...
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Clotworthy Rowley, 1st Baron Langford
Clotworthy Rowley, 1st Baron Langford (31 October 1763 – 13 September 1825), known as Hon. Clotworthy Taylor until 1796 and as Hon. Clotworthy Rowley from 1796 to 1800, was an Irish peer. Langford was the fourth son of Thomas Taylor, 1st Earl of Bective, and his wife Jane Rowley, daughter of Hercules Langford Rowley and his wife Elizabeth Rowley, 1st Viscountess Langford (a title which became extinct in 1796). Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess of Headfort, Hercules Taylour and General Robert Taylour were his elder brothers. He succeeded to the Rowley estates in 1796 and assumed the same year by Royal licence the surname of Rowley in lieu of Taylor. Rowley represented Trim in the Irish House of Commons from 1791 to 1795. Subsequently, he sat for County Meath until 1800, when the Langford title was revived and Taylor was raised to the Peerage of Ireland The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord o ...
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Clogher (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Clogher was a borough constituency in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It represented the "city" of Clogher in County Tyrone. The city, actually no more than a village, gained its importance as the site of the cathedral of the Church of Ireland diocese of Clogher. The constituency was a rotten borough in the gift of the bishop A bishop is a person of authority in a Christian church. Bishop, Bishops or Bishop's may also refer to: Religious roles * Bishop (Catholic Church) * Bishop (Eastern Orthodox Church) * Bishop (Latter Day Saints) * Bishop (Methodism) Places An .... When the constituency was disestablished, bishop John Porter's claim for £15,000 compensation was disallowed. Members of Parliament, 1264–1801 Notes References Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885 Bibliography * * {{County Tyrone constituencies Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Tyrone 1264 establishments ...
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Sackville Hamilton
Sackville Hamilton PC (Ire) (14 March 1732 – 29 January 1818) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Early life Hamilton was born on 14 March 1732. He was the third son, of seven children born to Mary Dawson (daughter of Joshua Dawson) and Hon. Henry Hamilton, MP and Collector of the Port of Cork. His younger brother was Henry Hamilton, who served as royal Governor of Bermuda and Dominica. His uncles were Frederick Hamilton and Gustavus Hamilton. His grandfather was Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne, his great-grandfather was Sir Frederick Hamilton, and his great-great grandfather was Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley. Career Hamilton entered the Irish House of Commons for St Johnstown (County Longford) in 1780 and sat for the constituency until 1783. Subsequently he was elected for Rathcormack and Clogher. He chose the latter and was a Member of Parliament for the constituency until 1795, resigning the seat to be Escheator of Munster, a notional 'office of profit under ...
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Philipstown (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Philipstown in King's County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. The town was later renamed Daingean Daingean (; or ), formerly Philipstown, named after King Philip II of Spain, is a small town in east County Offaly, Ireland. It is situated midway between the towns of Tullamore and Edenderry on the R402 regional road. The town of Daingean ... in 1922. Members of Parliament References * {{coord missing, County Offaly Historic constituencies in County Offaly Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies disestablished in 1800 Daingean ...
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Arthur O'Connor (United Irishman)
Arthur O'Connor (4 July 1763 – 25 April 1852), was a United Irishman who was active in seeking allies for the Irish cause in England and in France. A proponent of radical democratic reform, in Ireland he was distinguished by publishing political appeals to women. Arrested on the eve of the 1798 rebellion, in 1802 he went into exile in France where, after being raised to the rank of General in a force that was to invade Ireland, fell out of favour with Napoleon. Among the positions he maintained publicly in his final years were a defence of the July Revolution in Paris and opposition to what he saw as the clericalism of Daniel O'Connell's movement in Ireland. Early life O'Connor was born near Bandon, County Cork on 4 July 1763 into a wealthy Irish Protestant family. Through his brother Roger O'Connor, who equally enthused by events in America was to share his republican politics, he was an uncle to Roderic O'Connor, Francisco Burdett O'Connor, and Feargus O'Connor among ot ...
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Newtown Limavady (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Newtown Limavady was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Members of Parliament *1613-1615 Sir Christopher Sibthorpe and Roger Downton *1634–1635 Arthur Newcome and George Downing *1639–1649 Dudley Philips and John Usher *1661–1666 George Philips and Sir Richard Gethin, 1st Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ... 1692–1801 Notes References * {{County Londonderry constituencies Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Londonderry Limavady 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies disestablished in 1800 ...
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