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

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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 Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...

, 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 Dungannon () is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the second-largest town in the county (after Omagh) and had a population of 14,340 at the 2011 Census. The Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council had its headquarters in the ...

) * 1795:

Richard Boyle Townsend Richard Boyle Townsend (1756 – 26 November 1826) was an Irish politician. He was the only son of Richard Townsend and his wife Elizabeth FitzGerald, daughter of John FitzGerald, 15th Knight of Kerry. His uncles were Maurice FitzGerald, 16th ...

( Dingle) * 1795: George FitzGerald Hill (

Coleraine Coleraine ( ; from ga, Cúil Rathain , 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern I ...

) * 1795: John Richardson ( Newtown Limavady) * 1795: Arthur O'Connor ( Philipstown) * 1795:

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. He ...

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Clogher Clogher () is a village and civil parish in the border area of south County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Blackwater, 5.8 miles from the border crossing to County Monaghan. It stands on the townlands of Clogher Demesne and C ...

) * February 1795: Hon. Clotworthy Taylor (

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) * 1795: Hon. Henry Wellesley (

) * 1796: George Jackson (

) * November 1796: Hon. Francis James Mathew ( Callan) * c.1797: Sir James Bond, 1st Baronet ( Naas) * 1798:

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( Granard) * 1798: Gorges Lowther (

Ratoath Ratoath () is a commuter town in County Meath, Ireland. A branch of the Broad Meadow Water (Broadmeadow River) () flows through the town. The R125 and R155 roads meet in the village. At the 2016 census, there were 9,533 people living in Ratoa ...

) * 1798: George Ponsonby ( Lismore) * 1798:

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Inistioge Inistioge (; ) is a small village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Historically, its name has been spelt as Ennistioge, Ennisteage, and in other ways. The village is situated on the River Nore, southeast of Kilkenny. Situated along the River No ...

) * January 1798:

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( Granard) * 1799: Eyre Power Trench ( Newtown Limavady) * 1799: Thomas Kavanagh (

Kilkenny City Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512. Kilkenn ...

) * 1799: Hon. Joseph Lysaght ( Cashel) * 1799: Henry Alcock ( Fethard) * 1799:

William Domville Stanley Monck William Domville Stanley Monck (1763 – August 1840) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Monck was the Member of Parliament for Coleraine in the Irish House of Commons between 1795 and 1797, before representing Gorey Gorey () is a market town in ...

( Gorey) * 1799: Henry Osborne ( Carysfort) * 1799:

Ephraim Carroll Ephraim Carroll (1753 – 1824) was an Irish politician. Carroll was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Carroll represented Fethard in the Irish House of Commons between 1783 and 1790, before sitting for Bannow Banno ...

( Bannow) * 1800: Charles Boyle ( Charleville) * 1800: Hans Blackwood ( Killyleagh) * 1800:

John Francis Cradock General John Francis Cradock, 1st Baron Howden (11 August 175926 July 1839) was a British peer, politician and soldier. Life He was son of John Cradock, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin. In 1775 he was admitted to St John's College, ...

( Midleton) * 1800: Theophilus Blakeney ( Athenry) * 1800:

John Bingham John Armor Bingham (January 21, 1815 – March 19, 1900) was an American politician who served as a Republican representative from Ohio and as the United States ambassador to Japan. In his time as a congressman, Bingham served as both assist ...

( Tuam) * 1800: Robert Crowe ( Philipstown) * 1800: George Fulke Lyttelton ( Granard) * 1800:

Nathaniel Sneyd Nathaniel Sneyd (c. 1767 – 31 July 1833) was an Irish politician, landowner and businessman He was a Member of the Parliament of Ireland representing the Carrick constituency from 1794 to 1800 and was High Sheriff of Cavan in 1795. He briefl ...

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Carrick Carrick is an Anglicised version of ''creag/carraig'', Gaelic for "rock", and may refer to: People *Carrick (surname) * Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick (died 1250), Scottish Mormaer and first Earl of Carrick * Marjorie of Carrick (1256–1292), ...

) * 1800: Charles Silver Oliver ( Kilmallock) * 1800: Thomas Conolly (

County Londonderry County Londonderry ( Ulster-Scots: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as County Derry ( ga, Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulster. B ...

) * 1800:

Henry Coddington Henry Coddington (1798/9, Oldbridge, County Meath — 3 March 1845, Rome) was an Anglo Irish natural philosopher, fellow and tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge and Church of England clergyman. Life Henry Coddington was the son of Latham Coddi ...

( Dunleer) * 1800:

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Clonmel Clonmel () is the county town and largest settlement of County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is noted in Irish history for its resistance to the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Cromwellian army which sacked the towns of Dro ...

) * 1800: Montague James Mathew (

Ballynakill Ballinakill () is a small village in County Laois, Ireland on the R432 regional road between Abbeyleix, Ballyragget and Castlecomer, County Kilkenny. As of the 2016 census, there were 445 people living in Ballinakill. History From 1613 unti ...

) * 1800:

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( Maryborough) * 1800:

Sir John Tydd, 1st Baronet Sir John Tydd, 1st Baronet, of Lamberton, Queen's County (born c.1740, died December 1803) was an Irish politician, landowner and baronet.Cokayne Vol.5 p.435 He was the eldest son of French Tydd of County Laois and his wife Elizabeth Moore, daug ...

( Fore) * 1800: Sir Francis Hopkins, 1st Baronet (

Kilbeggan Kilbeggan () is a town in the barony of Moycashel, County Westmeath, Ireland. Geography Kilbeggan is situated on the River Brosna, in the south of County Westmeath. It lies south of Lough Ennell, and Castletown Geoghegan, north of the boundar ...

) * 1800: Hon. Richard Annesley ( Blessington) * January 1800: William Moore ( St Johnstown) * January 1800: Hon. Robert King (

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) * January 1800: Jonah Barrington (

) * February 1800: George Crookshank ( Belfast) * February 1800: Lorenzo Moore ( Ardfert) * February 1800: Robert Shaw ( Bannow) * March 1800:

Sir Hercules Langrishe, 1st Baronet Sir Hercules Langrishe, 1st Baronet (1729 – 1 February 1811) was an Irish politician. Life and career He was the only son of Robert Langrishe of Knocktopher, County Kilkenny and Anne Whitby, daughter of Jonathan Whitby of Kilcreggan, and ...

( Knocktopher) * April 1800: James Kearney ( Thomastown) * June 1800:

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( Banagher) * July 1800: Thomas Whaley ( Enniscorthy) * August 1800: Richard Fortescue Sharkey (

)

Members of the United Kingdom House of Commons

* February 1801: Francis Leigh ( Wexford Borough) * February 1801: St George Daly (

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) * July 1801:

Francis Aldborough Prittie Francis Aldborough Prittie (4 June 1779 – 8 March 1853) was an Irish Member of Parliament in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. He was the second son of Henry Prittie, 1st Baron Dunalley, an Irish peer and MP in the Parliament of Ireland. H ...

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Carlow Carlow ( ; ) is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Ireland, from Dublin. At the 2016 census, it had a combined urban and rural population of 24,272. The River Barrow flows through the town and forms the historic bounda ...

) * December 1802:

Henry Parnell Henry Brooke Parnell, 1st Baron Congleton PC (3 July 1776 – 8 June 1842), known as Sir Henry Parnell, Bt, from 1812 to 1841, was an Irish writer and Whig politician. He was a member of the Whig administrations headed by Lord Grey and Lord ...

( Portarlington) * August 1803: William Handcock (

Athlone Athlone (; ) is a town on the border of County Roscommon and County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located on the River Shannon near the southern shore of Lough Ree. It is the second most populous town in the Midlands Region with a population of ...

) * June 1805: Denis Bowes Daly (

) * July 1806: Owen Wynne ( Sligo Borough) * January 1807:

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( Dundalk) * February 1808: James Fitzgerald (

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) * February 1808: William Smyth ( Westmeath) * July 1808: Francis Nathaniel Burton (

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) * April 1809:

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( Cashel) * March 1811: James Daly (

) * June 1811:

John Claudius Beresford John Claudius Beresford (23 October 1766 – 20 July 1846) was an Irish Tory Member of the UK Parliament representing Dublin City 1801–1804 and County Waterford 1806–1811. Early life Beresford was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. From ...

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) * May 1812:

Francis Savage Francis Savage (1769 – 19 September 1823) was an Irish politician. He was the eldest son of Charles Savage of Ardkeen and educated at Trinity College Dublin. He was appointed Sheriff of County Down for 1791-92 and 1819–20. He was elected M ...

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) * December 1812:

( Dundalk) * December 1812: James Fitzgerald (

) * May 1814: Overington Blunden (

) * July 1814: John Fish ( Wexford Borough) * March 1815:

Joshua Spencer Joshua Austin Spencer (May 13, 1790 in Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts – April 25, 1857 in Utica, Oneida County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was the son of Eliphalet Spencer (1760 ...

( Sligo Borough) * July 1815: George Abercromby ( Clackmannanshire) * May 1820: John McClintock (

) * June 1820: Sir Ross Mahon, Bt. (

) * June 1820:

( Dundalk) * December 1830: John Doherty (

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) After the Acts of Union 1800, the office was retained as a

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, without duties, and was also used for resignation from Parliamentary seats. John Hewson was appointed to the post by

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in 1825, 1830, 1837, and 1838. In the latter year, however, all of the Irish escheatorships were abolished by the

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